John Ransom's Andersonville Diary

John Ransom's Andersonville Diary

Author: John L. Ransom

Publisher: Berkley

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780425141465

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John Ransom was a 20-year-old Union soldier when he became a prisoner of war in 1863. In his unforgettable diary, Ransom reveals the true story of his day-to-day struggle in the worst of Confederate prison camps--where hundreds of prisoners died daily. Ransom's story of survival is, according to Publishers Weekly, a great adventure . . . observant, eloquent, and moving.


History of Andersonville Prison

History of Andersonville Prison

Author: Ovid L. Futch

Publisher: University Press of Florida

Published: 2011-03-06

Total Pages: 221

ISBN-13: 0813059402

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In February 1864, five hundred Union prisoners of war arrived at the Confederate stockade at Anderson Station, Georgia. Andersonville, as it was later known, would become legendary for its brutality and mistreatment, with the highest mortality rate--over 30 percent--of any Civil War prison. Fourteen months later, 32,000 men were imprisoned there. Most of the prisoners suffered greatly because of poor organization, meager supplies, the Federal government’s refusal to exchange prisoners, and the cruelty of men supporting a government engaged in a losing battle for survival. Who was responsible for allowing so much squalor, mismanagement, and waste at Andersonville? Looking for an answer, Ovid Futch cuts through charges and countercharges that have made the camp a subject of bitter controversy. He examines diaries and firsthand accounts of prisoners, guards, and officers, and both Confederate and Federal government records (including the transcript of the trial of Capt. Henry Wirz, the alleged "fiend of Andersonville"). First published in 1968, this groundbreaking volume has never gone out of print.


The True Story of Andersonville Prison

The True Story of Andersonville Prison

Author: James Madison Page

Publisher:

Published: 1908

Total Pages: 282

ISBN-13:

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Looks at Andersonville Prison's commandant during the U.S. Civil War, Confederate Major Henry Wirz, who was arrested and later found guilty on war crimes charges for allowing inhumane conditions and treatment of prisoners of war at the prison.


A Diary from Dixie

A Diary from Dixie

Author: Mary Boykin Chesnut

Publisher: Harvard University Press

Published: 1980

Total Pages: 612

ISBN-13: 9780674202917

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In her diary, Mary Boykin Chesnut, the wife of a Confederate general and aid to president Jefferson Davis, James Chestnut, Jr., presents an eyewitness account of the Civil War.


A Confederate Girl's Diary

A Confederate Girl's Diary

Author: Sarah Morgan Dawson

Publisher:

Published: 1913

Total Pages: 490

ISBN-13:

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Sarah Morgan Dawson lived in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, at the outbreak of the American Civil War. In March 1862, she began to record her thoughts about the war in a diary-- thoughts about the loss of friends killed in battle and the occupation of her home by Federal troops. Her devotion to the South was unwavering and her emotions real and uncensored. A true classic.


John Ransom's Civil War Diary

John Ransom's Civil War Diary

Author: John L. Ransom

Publisher: Courier Dover Publications

Published: 2017-02-15

Total Pages: 225

ISBN-13: 0486809048

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John L. Ransom joined the Union Army in 1862, serving as brigade quartermaster of the Ninth Michigan Volunteer Cavalry. A year later, the 20-year-old soldier was captured in Tennessee and interned at the notorious Georgia prison camp, Andersonville. Ransom's harrowing firsthand account of Civil War prison life constitutes a valuable historical record — a true story not only of cruelty, death, and deprivations but also of acts of courage and kindness that ensured the young soldier's survival and preserved his faith in humanity.


The Memoirs of Colonel John S. Mosby

The Memoirs of Colonel John S. Mosby

Author: John Singleton Mosby

Publisher: Boston : Little, Brown

Published: 1917

Total Pages: 492

ISBN-13:

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"Colonel Mosby was a 'Virginian of the Virginians', educated at the State's University, and seemed destined to pass his life as an obscure Virginia attorney, when war brought him his opportunity for fame. The following pages contain the story of his life as private in the cavalry, as a scout, and as a leader as partisans"--Introduction.


Trial of Henry Wirz

Trial of Henry Wirz

Author: Henry Wirz

Publisher: Legare Street Press

Published: 2022-10-27

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781017440324

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Prison Life in Andersonville with Special Reference to the Opening of Providence Spring

Prison Life in Andersonville with Special Reference to the Opening of Providence Spring

Author: John Levi 1844-] [From Old Cata [Maile

Publisher: Franklin Classics

Published: 2018-10-12

Total Pages: 172

ISBN-13: 9780342579068

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