John Ransom's Andersonville Diary E-Book

John L. Ransom

• Herausgeber: John L. Ransom
• Kategorie: Geisteswissenschaft
• Sprache: Englisch

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2016

Beschreibung

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."

Leseprobe

TABLE OF CONTENTS

COVER

TITLE

COPYRIGHT

ANDERSONVILLE DIARY

INTRODUCTION.

THE CAPTURE.

NEW YEARS DAY.

PEMBERTON BUILDING.

ROUTED AT MIDNIGHT

ANDERSONVILLE.

FROM BAD TO WORSE.

THE RAIDERS PUT DOWN.

AN ACCOUNT OF THE HANGING.

MOVED JUST IN TIME.

HOSPITAL LIFE.

REMOVED TO MILLEN.

ESCAPE, BUT NOT ESCAPE.

RE-CAPTURED.

A SUCCESSFUL ESCAPE.

SAFE AND SOUND.

THE FINIS.

MICHAEL HOARE’S ESCAPE.

REBEL TESTIMONY.

CONCLUSIONS.

SUMMARY.

THE WARS DEAD.

John L. Ransom

ANDERSONVILLE DIARY

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Copyright © 1881 John L. Ransom

Andersonville Diary

(1881)

ANDERSONVILLE DIARY

INTRODUCTION.

THE book to which these lines form an introduction is a peculiar one in many respects. It is a story, but it is a true story, and written years ago with little idea that it would ever come into this form. The writer has been induced, only recently, by the advice of friends and by his own feeling that such a production would be appreciated, to present what, at the time it was being made up, was merely a means of occupying a mind which had to contemplate, besides, only the horrors of a situation from which death would have been, and was to thousands, a happy relief.

There has been little change in the entries in the diary, before presenting them here. In such cases the words which suggest themselves at the time are best — they cannot be improved upon by substitution at a later day.

This book is essentially different from any other that has been published concerning the “late war” or any of its incidents. Those who have had any such experience as the author will see its truthfulness at once, and to all other readers it is commended as a statement of actual things by one who experienced them to the fullest

The annexed list of the Andersonville dead is from the Rebel official records, is authentic, and will be found valuable in many pension cases and otherwise.