Castle Williams

ID: 432 ~ Source: Ephemeral New York Blog ~ Creator: Matthew Brady ~ Date: ca. 1860s
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Castle Williams, located on Governor's Island, off the southern coast of Manhattan, was used as a POW camp during the Civil War.

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By Edward Francell
"They moved to New York from Columbus, Georgia, during the Civil War, or as they call it here, the War of Northern Aggression. They came to New York in 1865. My great-grandfather had been captured by the Yankees and removed from the scene. My…