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POWs in the Boston Harbor Islands
POWs in the Boston Harbor Islands
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80 minutes
Released:
Sep 12, 2021
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Podcast episode
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Since the earliest days of the Bay Colony, prisoners of war have been held on the islands of Boston Harbor. This week, we’re sharing two classic stories of the Harbor Islands POWs from past episodes. One of them is about the Confederate prisoners who arrived at Fort Warren on Georges Island in the fall of 1861, fresh from the field of battle in North Carolina. They’d be joined by Maryland politicians who supported secession, the supposed diplomats Mason and Slidell, and eventually even Confederate vice president Alexander Stephens, who didn’t seem to much appreciate Boston hospitality. 81 years later and a mile away on Peddocks Island, a group of unruly Italian prisoners were confined at Fort Andrews after starting what may have been the only soccer riot in Boston history at a South Boston prison camp.
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Full show notes: http://HUBhistory.com/231/
Support us: http://patreon.com/HUBhistory/
Released:
Sep 12, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
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