[Stonewall Jackson]

From what I could find, there were six POW camps in New York during the war, but Elmira was by far the largest. It also had one of the worst death rates of the war; its 25% rate ranked it just behind the Confederacy's Andersonville which had a 27% rate.

Many historians try to pass off this high death rate on the harsh New York winter, but this simply does not ring true; Johnson's Island POW Camp, located on Lake Erie, housed 15,000 Confederate prisoners over the course of the war but only lost 200, many of whom had come to the camp with previous injuries or illnesses. This is actually a far lower rate than Union and Confederate troops suffered in their own camps. The winters at Johnson's Island were so harsh that several Confederates actually managed to escape by walking across the frozen Lake Erie to Canada.

[Texas Fossil]

I’ll try to find out which camp. I know we have the records, but do not remember the name.

[Stonewall Jackson]

My ancestor who died in Elmira was one of four brothers who served together in Company F, 16th Georgia Infantry. One brother died in battle at Crampton's Gap, Maryland, two were captured in battle (one at Cold Harbor-he's the one who died at Elmira-and the other at Cedar Creek), and the fourth was wounded but survived and surrendered with the Army of Northern Virginia at Appomattox Courthouse.

Other ancestors fought with several Texas cavalry units, mainly against marauding bands of Commanche and Kiowa, but they also fought at Corpus Christi and Galveston.