CIVIL WAR PRISON TRAIN WRECK
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unimoggers
N 41° 28.323 W 074° 55.043
18T E 506898 N 4591164
The caboose museum you see here is open of the weekends for your viewing pleasure.
Waymark Code: WMZWX
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 11/27/2006
Views: 67
Marker Text:
On July 15, 1864, an Erie Railroad train carrying 833 Confederate prisoners and 128 Union guards to the prison camp at Elmira, N.Y., collided with a coal train between Shohola and Lackawaxen. About 48 prisoners and 17 guards were killed. Survivors, both injured and uninjured, were brought to Shohola where they were generously cared for by residents of the village.
Marker Name: Civil War Prison Train Wreck
County: Pike
Date Dedicated: 09/01/1993
Marker Type: Roadside
Location: Pa. 434 at N end of Shohola
Category: Military, Transportation, Civil War
Website: [Web Link]
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