Name/Title
John Ransom's DiaryEntry/Object ID
L9999.999.1130Description
John Ransom's Diary is the diary of a union soldier during his imprisonment in confederate prisons. John Ransom was a brigade quartermaster or the 9th Michigan Calvary when he was captured, near Rogersville, East Tennessee.
It is from a series of letters to the Jackson, Michigan Citizen since the original diary was destroyed by fire. This book gives a day to day experience of the Civil War. First issued privately by the author in Auburn, New York, 1881 under the title "Anderville" and in 1883 by Douglass Brothers, Philadelphia, Pa., and in Cincinnati, Ohio, by Douglass Brothers & Payne, under the title of "Andersonville Diary." An introduction by Bruce Catton.
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Civil wars, Prisoners of warSearch Terms
Andersonville Prison, Civil War, Home Guard, Biography - John Ransom, Diary, Military, Biography, Union Army, Confederate PrisonsBook Details
Author
Ransom, John L.Place Published
City
New York CityState/Province
New YorkDate Published
1964Call No.
CivilWar RANotes
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John Ransom