Elmira Prison (Civil War)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Elmira_Prison_(Civil_War)

GPTKB entity

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	concentration camp
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:Hellmira
gptkbp:capacity	5,000
gptkbp:causeOfDeath	gptkb:disease gptkb:pneumonia gptkb:scurvy gptkb:measles gptkb:smallpox chronic illness malnutrition tuberculosis typhoid fever diarrhea dysentery exposure poor sanitation
gptkbp:closed	July 11, 1865
gptkbp:commander	gptkb:Colonel_Benjamin_F._Tracy gptkb:Major_Henry_V._Colt gptkb:Seth_Eastman
gptkbp:heldPrisonersFrom	Confederate soldiers
gptkbp:historicalSignificance	one of the deadliest Union prison camps symbol of Civil War prison hardships
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Elmira Prison (Civil War)
gptkbp:inmatePopulation	over 12,000 total
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Elmira,_New_York
gptkbp:memorial	gptkb:Confederate_burial_section_at_Woodlawn_National_Cemetery gptkb:Elmira_Prison_Camp_monument
gptkbp:notableEvent	smallpox epidemic flood of 1864 mass prisoner deaths winter 1864-65
gptkbp:notableFor	malnutrition harsh conditions overcrowding disease outbreaks high mortality rate poor sanitation lack of adequate shelter
gptkbp:opened	July 6, 1864
gptkbp:operatedBy	gptkb:Union_Army
gptkbp:populationPeak	nearly 10,000
gptkbp:prisonerDemographics	mostly soldiers
gptkbp:prisonerEscapeAttempts	several
gptkbp:prisonerExecuted	none officially
gptkbp:prisonerNationalities	gptkb:Confederate_States_of_America
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:Andersonville_Prison gptkb:Libby_Prison gptkb:Camp_Douglas gptkb:Johnson's_Island_Prison gptkb:Point_Lookout_Prison Civil War prison camps
gptkbp:siteToday	gptkb:residential_area gptkb:Woodlawn_National_Cemetery
gptkbp:status	no longer exists
gptkbp:structureType	gptkb:United_States_Army gptkb:cemetery gptkb:food gptkb:hospital watchtowers latrines stockade
gptkbp:usedDuring	gptkb:American_Civil_War
gptkbp:victim	nearly 3,000
gptkbp:墓所	gptkb:Woodlawn_National_Cemetery
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Elmira,_New_York,_USA
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5