Andersonville Diary, Escape, and List of the Dead: With Name, Co., Regiment, Date of Death and No. of Grave in Cemetery

Ransom, John L.

Biographies & Memoirs

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John Ransom's Andersonville Diary

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."

Paul S. Eriksson

Andersonville Diary; Escape, and List of Dead, With Name, company, Regiment, Date of Death and Number of grave in Cemetery (1881)

Andersonville Diary; Escape, and List of Dead: With Name, company, Regiment, Date of Death and Number of Grave in Cemetery

History

Americas

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One of the most starkly vivid, exciting, 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.
During one escape, he vowed, "Shall print this diary and make my everlasting fortune, and when wealthy will visit this country and make every negro who has helped us millionaires."

Andersonville Diary (Expanded, Annotated)

Historical

Independently published

"An altogether exciting and unique, almost priceless documentary." — Library Journal. Camp Sumter, more commonly known as Andersonville prison, opened in February 1864. Over the course of the Civil War 45,000 Union prisoners were received at the prison, of which 13,000 would never reach homelands again, as in the abhorrent conditions of the camp they succumbed to malnutrition and disease. John Ransom, Quartermaster of Company A, 9th Michigan Volunteer Cavalry, had been captured in November 1863. He would remain in Confederate prisons, including the notorious Andersonville, until his eventual escape in December 1864. Recording the day-by-day events of life under guard, Ransom notes how his friends around him fought to stay alive or gave up the struggle. Ransom himself goes through moments of despair when he believes he will not last another day, and only survives through the camaraderie and support of his fellow prisoners. A whole array of characters are noted through the pages of the diary, from the Andersonville Raiders who were ruthless Union prisoners that persecuted those around them to survive, to more benevolent figures like George Hendryx who was always looking for a way to escape and the Native American Battese who helped Ransom through his darkest days. "The Civil War produced many diaries, but few as appealing and readable as this one." — Publishers Weekly. "A tale of adventure, of suspense from beginning to end, of fierce hate and great love, of the incredible callousness of man and the incredible warmth of man — with the added knowledge that 'it really happened.'" — Bruce Catton. “As compelling and powerful as a novel” – Los Angeles Times. John Ransom was a printer in Jackson, Michigan before the war. He eventually escaped from Confederate prisons and returned to the north. He features as a character in Mackinlay Kantor’s Pulitzer Prize winning book Andersonville. His diary was published in 1881. He died at the age of 76 on 23rd September 1919 in Los Angeles County.

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."

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

John Ransom's Andersonville Diary is a first hand account of life in one of the most infamous prisons in U.S. wartime history. This book is the diary of John Ransom, a Union soldier who served time in the Andersonville Prison Pen. Ransom provides an insiders view of the hellish conditions endured by the men imprisoned there. The entries were originally published in the Jackson (Mich.) Citizen. This volume includes a chapter of Rebel Testimony, given during the trial of Maj. Henry Wirz, the camp commander. There is also a list of those who died during their imprisonment. The deceased are listed alphabetically by state with the full name, Company, Regiment, date of death and the number on the headstone in the cemetery.

Andersonville Diary of John Ransom: Escape - With List of The Dead

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Andersonville Diary, Escape, and List of the Dead: With Name, Co., Regiment, Date of Death and No. of Grave in Cemetery

John Ransom's Andersonville Diary

Andersonville Diary; Escape, and List of Dead: With Name, company, Regiment, Date of Death and Number of Grave in Cemetery

Andersonville Diary (Expanded, Annotated)

John Ransom's Andersonville Diary

John Ransom's Andersonville Diary

Andersonville Diary of John Ransom: Escape - With List of The Dead