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Author : John L. Ransom
Release : 1881
Genre : Civil war
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Book Synopsis Andersonville Diary, Escape, and List of the Dead by : John L. Ransom
Download or read book Andersonville Diary, Escape, and List of the Dead written by John L. Ransom. This book was released on 1881. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John L. Ransom
Release : 1994
Genre : Andersonville (Ga.)
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Book Synopsis John Ransom's Andersonville Diary by : John L. Ransom
Download or read book John Ransom's Andersonville Diary written by John L. Ransom. This book was released on 1994. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Author : Charles Hopkins
Release : 1988
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Synopsis The Andersonville Diary & Memoirs of Charles Hopkins, 1st New Jersey Infantry by : Charles Hopkins
Download or read book The Andersonville Diary & Memoirs of Charles Hopkins, 1st New Jersey Infantry written by Charles Hopkins. This book was released on 1988. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : J.L. Ransom
Release : 2014
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 629/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Andersonville diary by : J.L. Ransom
Download or read book Andersonville diary written by J.L. Ransom. This book was released on 2014. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the most starkly vivid and detailed accounts of survival in Georgia's notorious Andersonville prison during the American Civil War. John Ransom was only 20 years old at the time of his capture. He kept a nearly daily diary during his year of misery at the Confederate prison. He and his fellow Union prisoners endured lice, starvation, freezing cold, killing heat, theft from other inmates...and Captain Wirtz. "Capt. Wirtz very domineering and abusive. Is afraid to come into camp any more. There are a thousand men in here who would willingly die if they could kill him first." Death was a daily occurrence. Yet Ransom knew if he gave up hope, he would die. He somehow kept his humor and kept on writing. Through two escapes, time in a Rebel hospital, and eventual freedom, you'll read a POW account like none you've ever read before.
Author : Ovid L. Futch
Release : 2011-03-06
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis History of Andersonville Prison by : Ovid L. Futch
Download or read book History of Andersonville Prison written by Ovid L. Futch. This book was released on 2011-03-06. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
