"Portals to Hell: Military Prisons of the Civil War" Excerpts
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By Lonnie R. Speer

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Lonnie Speer
Police Sergeant Lonnie R. Speer, a "Northerner" by birth, was schooled in the South where he received his degree. He works for a state agency in western North Carolina where he lives. He has written and lectured widely on Civil War history.

NYCHS' Excerpts Presentation of
Lonnie R. Speer's
Portals to Hell: Military Prisons of the Civil War

  1. Intro, Overview: 410,000 POWs at 150 sites, North & South.
  2. The Tombs houses NY's first Civil War POWs.
  3. Fort Lafayette -- "that American Bastille."
  4. Governors Island (Castle Williams & Fort Columbus).
  5. Ludlow St. Jail, David's Island, Albany Penitentiary
  6. Elmira: 'Nearer Hades Than Any Place Could Thought to Be'
  7. Hart Island: City's Concentration Camp; Also Fort Schuyler, Riker's & Ward's Islands

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