The original of Anderson's letter is preserved in the manuscript proceedings of the Henry Wirz tribunal , Box 1269 ... B. Driskill and T. Driskill , both of Company G , 3rd Georgia Reserves , served on detached duty under Captain Wirz ...
9 “ Coley ? ” Josie said . He chuckled . “ Well , it sure wasn't me . I don't think I even knew what your first name was . I know I've never heard anyone use it . ” “ Only one person ever did , ” Tyce said .
... 246 Furlow , Charles , 150-51 , 246 Furlow , Timothy , 71 , 151 , 187 , 215 Early , Jubal , 157 Elliott , Aaron , 9-10 , 51 ; at Olustee , 31-33 ; health , 237 ; death , 238 Ellis , Charles , 108-9 , 191 Erick , William , 272 ( n .
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This is thoughtful horror at its best, and not at all for the faint of heart.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review) “The true story of Andersonville is one of unimaginable horror and human misery.
In 1864, thirty-three thousand Yankee prisoners of war suffer the horrors of imprisonment at the Confederate prison of Andersonville
In 1864, thirty-three thousand Yankee prisoners of war suffer the horrors of imprisonment at the Confederate prison of Andersonville
Describes the large Confederate prisoner of war camp in Georgia, known as Camp Sumter or Andersonville, and the harsh conditions that killed many prisoners there during the Civil War.
Andersonville: An American Tragedy brings the specifics and stories of the Civil War prison camp in a remote are of southwestern Georgia to the average reader.
According to William Marvel, virulent disease and severe shortages of vegetables, medical supplies, and other necessities combined to create a crisis beyond the captors' control.
MacKinlay Kantor’s Andersonville tells the story of the notorious Confederate Prisoner of War camp, where fifty thousand Union soldiers were held captive—and fourteen thousand died—under inhumane conditions.
The publisher, at the beginning of the war, entered, with zeal and ardor upon the work of raising a company of men, intending to lead them to the field.
This is the story of Andersonville, the notorious Georgia prison where 50,000 Northern soldiers suffered and lcose to 14,000 died-and the stories of the people whose lives were changed by the grim camp that was erected in their midst.