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John Ransom's Civil War diary : notes from inside Andersonville, the Civil War's most notorious prison
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- ISBN: 9780486809045
- ISBN: 0486809048
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220 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm - Edition: Dover edition.
- Publisher: Mineola, New York : Dover Publications, Inc., 2017.
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| General Note: | Originally published under title: Andersonville diary. Auburn, N.Y. : John L. Ransom, 1881. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | The capture -- New Year's Day -- Pemberton Building -- Andersonville -- From bad to worse -- The raiders put down -- Moved just in time -- Hospital life -- Removed to Millen -- Escape, but not escape -- Re-captured -- A successful escape -- Safe and sound -- What became of the boys. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Kirtland Community College Library | E 612 .A5 R3 2017 | 30775305517303 | General Collection | Available | - |
John Ransom's Civil War Diary : Notes from Inside Andersonville, the Civil War's Most Notorious Prison
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John Ransom's Civil War Diary : Notes from Inside Andersonville, the Civil War's Most Notorious Prison
| Section | Section Description | Page Number |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Capture | p. 15 |
| A Rebel Ruse to Gobble Up Union Troops | ||
| A Complete Surprise | ||
| Careless Officers | ||
| Heroic Defence | ||
| Beginning of a Long Imprisonment | ||
| 2 | New Year'S DAY | p. 32 |
| And the Place it Finds Us | ||
| Apples to Eat and an Old Comrade Joins Us | ||
| Matters Getting Worse, with Occasional Rumors of Exchange | ||
| 3 | Pemberton Building | p. 45 |
| A Good-bye to Belle Isle | ||
| Good Place to be Moved From | ||
| Astor House Mess on its Travels | ||
| New Scenes | ||
| The Raid on Richmond and Consequent Scare | ||
| All's Well, if it Ends Well | ||
| Men Shot | ||
| 4 | Andersonville | p. 51 |
| Arrival at the Worst of all Prisons | ||
| Beginning of a Summer that Killed Thirteen Thousand Men | ||
| Bad Water, Bad Food, and Most Inhuman Treatment | ||
| In the Clutches of Wirtz and His Picked Out Rebel Aids | ||
| The Truth and Nothing but the Truth | ||
| A Season of Intense Suffering | ||
| 5 | From Bad to Worse | p. 79 |
| The Astor House Mess Still Holds Together, Although Depleted | ||
| All More or Less Diseased | ||
| As the Weather gets Warmer the Death Rate Increases | ||
| Dying Off Like Sheep | ||
| The End is Not Yet | ||
| 6 | The Raiders Put Down | p. 91 |
| Andersonville on Its Metal | ||
| Leading Raiders Arrested, Tried and Hung | ||
| Great Excitement for a Few Days, Followed by Good Order | ||
| Death Rate Increases, However | ||
| The Astor House Mess as Policemen | ||
| 7 | Moved Just in Time | p. 109 |
| Removed from Andersonville to the Marine Hospital, Savannah | ||
| Getting Through the Gate | ||
| Battese has Saved Us | ||
| Very Sick, But by no Means Dead Yet- | ||
| Better and Humane Treatment | ||
| 8 | Hospital Life | p. 116 |
| A Gradual Improvement in Health | ||
| Good Treatment Which is Opportune | ||
| Parting With Relics to Buy Luxuries | ||
| Daly, the Teamster at Andersonville, Killed | ||
| A Visit From Battese, the Indian | ||
| 9 | Removed to Millen | p. 132 |
| Another Change, and not a Bad One | ||
| Almost a Hostage of War | ||
| Election Day, and a Vote for Little Mac | ||
| One Year a Prisoner of War | ||
| 10 | Escape, but not Escape | p. 146 |
| Moved from Camp Lawton After a Sojourn of Twenty Days | ||
| Destination Blackshear, Georgia | ||
| Jump Off the Cars and Out from Rebel Guard for Six Days | ||
| A Hungry Time, hut a Good One | ||
| Captured and Make the Acquaintance of Two Other Runaways, with whom I Cast My Fortunes | ||
| 11 | Re-Captured | p. 154 |
| Home Guards Gobble Me Up | ||
| Well Treated and Well Fed | ||
| Taken to Doctortown and From Thence to Blackshear | ||
| The Two Buck Boys as Runaways | ||
| Ride on a Passenger Train Prospects Ahead | ||
| 12 | A Successful Escape | p. 165 |
| Jump Off the Cars Near Savannah | ||
| Find Friendly Negroes | ||
| Travel by Night and Rest by Day-Good Times with Many Adventures | ||
| A Morning Bath | ||
| Almost Run into Rebel Pickets | ||
| 13 | Safe and Sound | p. 184 |
| Once More See the Old Flag and the Boys in Blue | ||
| Mr. Kimball qnd Mrs. Dickinson Recompensed | ||
| Find the Ninth Michigan Cavalry | ||
| Interviewed by Gen'l Kilpatrick | ||
| All Right at Last | ||
| 14 | What Became of the Boys | p. 191 |
| A Brief Description of What Became of the Boys | ||
| Refused Permission to go Home | ||
| A Reference to Capt. Wirtz | ||
| Return Home at the End of the War | ||
| Addenda | p. 198 | |
| Michael Hoare's Escape | ||
| Rebel Testimony | ||
| Summary | ||
| What Became of John Ransom |
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