Andersonville Diary (Expanded, Annotated) - Couverture souple

Ransom, John L.

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ISBN 10 : 1519038755 ISBN 13 : 9781519038753

Editeur : Independently published, 2016

Synopsis

Captured at just twenty years old, Union soldier John L. Ransom was marched into the deadliest prison camp of the American Civil War—and refused to stop writing.

At Georgia’s infamous Andersonville Prison, more than 45,000 Union prisoners were crammed behind towering stockade walls, starving, sick, and exposed to blistering heat and bitter cold. Surrounded by filth, disease, and the constant stench of death, Ransom secretly recorded it all: the lice, the starvation rations, the deadly “deadline” fence, and the brutality of Captain Henry Wirz and his guards.

Against all odds, Ransom kept his wits, his humor, and his will to escape.

This extraordinary diary takes you day by day inside the most notorious Confederate prison camp. You’ll see how prisoners bartered for food, organized raids and rescues, nursed the dying, and plotted bold prison breaks under the noses of their captors. Ransom survives transfer, illness, a Rebel hospital, and desperate attempts to slip through enemy lines—always protecting the little scraps of paper that would become this book.

Readers who love:

• Civil War history and battlefield narratives
• True stories of prisoners of war and survival against impossible odds
• Gritty accounts of life inside 19th‑century prisons and POW camps
• First‑person escape stories and daring breakouts

…will find Andersonville Diary one of the most gripping eyewitness accounts ever written.

More than a classic Civil War memoir, this is a raw, unforgettable chronicle of courage, camaraderie, and the relentless fight to stay alive behind the walls of Andersonville.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

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. 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."

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Independently published
• Date d'édition: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1519038755
• ISBN 13: 9781519038753
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 202
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible