Andersonville Diary, Escape And List Of The Dead

"John L. Ransom was a quartermaster in the American Civil War and a Union prisoner at Andersonville, a notorious Confederate prison in Georgia. He recorded his experiences in a diary which he later published as 'Andersonville Diary, Escape And List Of The Dead'. The book provides a firsthand account of the harsh and inhumane conditions that prisoners endured in Andersonville. Additionally, the book includes a list of the dead and a recapitulation of deaths by states. Although these sections are not included in this particular reading, the Andersonville National Historic Site still stands as a reminder of the atrocities that occurred during this dark chapter in American history."