The town of Elmira is located in Chemung County, New York, an area rich in local history. The links on the left are articles that concern the Elmira Prison Camp from the county's historical journal. The Chemung County Historical Journal is published in September, December, March and June by the Chemung County Historical Society, Inc. Copyright to these articles belongs to the Society. Please go to the links page for sites that relate to Chemung County.

The articles on this page deal with the history of the County and of Elmira during the Civil War period. They are:

• Elmira as Civil War Depot and Prison Camp by W. Charles Barber
• Shohola Train Wreck: Civil War Disaster by Joseph C. Boyd
• Elmira's Civil War Prison Camp: 1864-65 by Thomas E. Byrne
• Elmira 1861 - 1865: Civil War Rendezvous by Thomas E. Byrne
• Elmira Prison Camp - A Second Opinion by J. Michael Horrigan
• John W. Jones (1817-1900): Woodlawn's Sexton by William S. Ramsdell
• Underground Railroad Activities in Elmira by Abner C. Wright