Shohola, PA, United States
Civil War Prison Train Wreck. 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 unin
jured, were brought to Shohola where they were generously cared for by residents of the village.
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