The North needed men to continue a “vigorous prosecution” of the war. 150 years ago this month large numbers were waiting at the Elmira, New York railroad depot for their trip South.
From a Seneca County, New York newspaper in January 1864:
SOLDIERS AT ELMIRA. – There are now over 6,000 soldiers at the Elmira depot, and the number is being increased dail[y,] faster than the Southern Railroad can take them away. The facilities of the Williamsport road are quite limited.
