| Description |
1 online resource (224 pages) |
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Access limited to subscribing institutions. |
| Summary |
The Civil War produced many diaries, but few as appealing and readable as this one. -- Publishers Weekly "An altogether exciting and unique, almost priceless documentary." -- Library Journal "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 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. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Subject |
Ransom, John L. -- Diaries.
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Andersonville Prison -- Biography.
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HISTORY / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies)
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Prisoners of war -- Georgia -- Andersonville -- Diaries.
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives.
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Andersonville (Ga.) -- Biography.
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Prisoners and prisons.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Title |
Andersonville diary
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Ransom, John L. John Ransom's Civil War diary. Mineola, New York : Dover Publications, Inc., 2017. 9780486809045 (DLC)2016035943 |
| ISBN |
9780486818764 (e-pub) |
| Standard No. |
9780486818764 |
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