Col.William Hoffman forced Confederate prisoners to sleep outside in freezing winter conditions, with hardly any clothes on.. they looked like skeletons from not eating reported by witnesses.. y'all should show that,..

Who knows if this vid is good. Unable to listen 👎

I adapted The Last of the Mohekins for the screen. I made mistakes, I know. Thanks for using the music though, even though I had nothing to do with it other than by specifying "classical" music for the film.

If you have ever been to Elmira it is the pits got to feel sorry for the rebels stuck there.

This is wild! I saw you had a video on the Battle Of Saratoga and wanted to see what else and was pleasantly surprised to see one on Monmouth and...Carmel, New York. Most of my Mom's family moved to Carmel from NYC after WW2 and I spent most summers visiting them back in the 60s and 70s. Remember going to see the Sybil Ludington statue during that time (even then I was and still am, a history junkie). It bought back some pleasant memories. Thanks for posting.

Yje teason he was yo use a model is ther is nothing left of the prison. But plagued wher the prison stood.

Smallpox infected the prisoners and killed them too but all pox was present in the camps

Would there ever be the possibility of not severing leg and just cleaning and wrapping the wound ?

Hi ! I love Lynyrd Skynyrd but it really distracted from your great story !

Thank you for this ... I am fascinated with these places. I have a relative lying in that graveyard. He died in the prison. Was from south Carolina. His ancestor fought in the revolutionary war and was awarded land in Canada which is why me and my family are in Canada now. I plan to travel down to USA this year to find his grave in Elmira. They must never be forgotten.

One of my ancestors, Joseph Churchill from the Hubbardton area and two of his sons were captured by Captain Sherwood and taken to Ticonderoga on July 7th, 1777, but managed to escape by boat.

The "Fog of War" is NOT the smoke. It is the mental confusion individuals and societies suffer from during hostilities.

My third great grandfather William Bright Stewart, a Private with the 64th Georgia Infantry Regiment died at Elmira POW camp. He even wrote a letter saying he wasn't going to make it back home.

Prisoners who survived incarceration at Elmira say otherwise of their treatment. Perhaps tour guides should do more research and read some of these accounts to educate rather than forget and cover up.

Great work!

Confederates didn’t have heat in the barracks until late in the winter. That means the confederates didn’t have heat for the majority of the winter. Nice BS spin you put on that.

HELLmira.

That is a misconception regarding bayonet lethality; you can very much stitch a bayonet wound, also technically the style bayonet is NOT outlawed! Someone else covered this very topic, also the shape had nothing to do with making it deadlier but to give it strength and simplify construction! Metallurgy was a factor back then so to ensure durability they developed techniques over time, it is why the knife bayonet took so long to develop before adoption.

Music ruined it. Exiting out.

Had an ancestor who was in hospital ar Fishkill for a time.

I think you need to do some more research before you do more videos, lot of incorrect information. A wound that can't be sewn up?? that was debunked decades ago.

Ahhhh it was match lock then wheel lock then flint lock

Thanks for posting this!

Elmira is not in Western NY. It is in the Southern Tier. Perhaps you should do better homework.

Nice video but the background music detracts from the message. Maybe some period music would be better.

This is very disturbing. Maybe I'll come back and watch the rest.

My great grandfather was a prisoner there after having been captured during the Spotsvania Battle. He spent a year there as a POW. He came home with multiple smallpox scars as he had been exposed to the disease while incarcerated. After having been shot twice on two different occasions during the war and having seen men die under horrific conditions, I don't know how he survived. But survived he did, and lived to an old age.

“Confederates were treated well” tons of accounts say otherwise.

Let's not put halos on the Union, lol. Camp Dougles was as bad if not worse as Andersonville.

Mr. Buccheri, I hope this message finds you well. I just came across your videos. As a 26 year old avid historian in upstate New York, I genuinely appreciate what you do. My biggest regret at this moment is not attending the high school at which you provide this in depth and hands on program. Thank you for the education you have provided through these videos. I look forward to more to come!

Are the original quarters?

Which musket was generally considered to be the better overall musket; the Brown Bess or the Charleville?

The younger guy looks like a cop, not in uniform, but with his snake like eyes. Which would explain, why this nonsense is inaccurate. Do better...

Distracting music.

Fantastic history, thank you

Good god, stop playing music when people are talking. Ruined a good song & a good video

Thank you for showing me home. Great reminder of places I knew well

They should have tried some of these prison commanders as war criminals!!!

Good stuff Robert 👏

While the song playing in the background, it’s very distractive.

Frizzen (hammer) guards were not used during the period, neither were the brass plates on the side of the pan, they are a modern safety “reenactorism”, also most people who say muskets cannot hit a barn past the magic number of fifty yards (50 yards is almost the perfect range for buck and ball) have never even live fired their muskets.

That was excellent

Can you shoot left handed

Well done. Thank you. Rick Lake George, NY

Y'all sure tried to sugarcoat almost 3000 prisoners that died due to privation, brutality, and unsanitary conditions. Thanks for making light of it. Doug is a liar.

Seems a little slanted with a union bias. It seems the union wasn't malicious but unprepared and incompetent. I could be bias because a relative died there in September of '64.

Guys, love what you did here. Content was great. I could not hear Doug most of the time. Please Mike him. Also the music was really really distracting. You do not need it. Or just fill in with more stories.

My French ancestors, under Montcalm. ( on my dads side ) were there during that skirmish. and my British ancestors ( on my moms side) were there as well..

I've been on that open field many times. Never new the battle actually took place right there !! Awesome video ! Thanks for taking the time to make it . The next time Im at Lake George I'll be sure to check out all those places.👍

Excellent video but wtf is up with the background music?