John Ransom's Civil War Diary: Notes from Inside Andersonville, the Civil War's Most Notorious Prison

John Ransom's Civil War Diary: Notes from Inside Andersonville, the Civil War's Most Notorious Prison
ISBN-10
0486809048
ISBN-13
9780486809045
Category
History
Pages
224
Language
English
Published
2017-02-15
Publisher
Courier Dover Publications
Author
John L. Ransom

Description

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.

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