[billbears]

They damn near starved thousands of them to death, and then turned them loose

Near? Remember 'Hellmira'? Only 2% less dead than Andersonville? And remember, the yankees up north had food to share

[Constitution Day]

Remember 'Hellmira'? Only 2% less dead than Andersonville? And remember, the yankees up north had food to share

Hellmira? Hell yes we remember.

My g-g grandfather Daniel Baker [5th NC] was released from that cesspool of filth in Elmira, N.Y.
Some of my late grandfather's surviving siblings remember him talking about it.