Andersonville Prison - A Book List
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A Librarian's Guide to Books on Andersonville Civil War Prison
Actually on a smaller scale some of the same issues showed up in other prisoner of war camps both in the North and the South. Still, Andersonville in Georgia tops the list as the worst of the camps with almost 13,000 men dying within its stockade walls. Here are books for you to find out more about Andersonville or Camp Sumter as it was sometimes called.
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Pulitzer Prize Winning Book
about Andersonville
Andersonville by McKinlay Kantor
This book won a Pulitzer Prize
Memoirs and Diaries of
Andersonville Prisoners
Heart of a Patriot by John S. Baisden
Available from Blurb Books
HEART OF A PATRIOT by Transcribed by Robert Nord and Linda Baisden | Make Your Own BookAt a young age, John S. Baisden ran away from home to fight in the Civil War. Years later he narrated his experience to his son who wrote it down for him. That hand written account was transcribed and is now available through print-on-demand. Read along as his memories take you from the Civil War battlefields to Andersonville Prison.
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Andersonville, the Last Depot
Andersonville: The Last Depot (Civil War America)
This is painful reading, but that is true of any book about the horrors of Andersonville. The documentation is amazing and the pages bristle with footnote numbers (footnotes in the back of the book). You might think that would result in a scholarly tone, but the book is quite readable as Marvel details individual stories to show what happened in Andersonville.
Marvel builds a compelling case for why conditions were so horrific based on circumstances of the war and limitations on supplies and manpower. Since my great-great grandfather almost died there, this surprised me as I was prepared to wholeheartedly condemn the management of the prison for the horrors there. I feel I have a better understanding of the mis-management and physical circumstances contributing to the suffering. (review by Virginia Allain)
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Andersonville Civil War Prison by Robert Scott Davis
History of Andersonville Prison by Ovid L. Futch
Andersonville: Webster's Timeline History, 1846 - 2006
Ghosts And Shadows of Andersonville
by Robert Scott Davis
Ghosts And Shadows of Andersonville: Essays on the Secret Social Histories of America's Deadliest Prison
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Books about Henry Wirz
Andersonville Commander
Prison Life in Andersonville by John L. Maile
"Prison Life in Andersonville": With Special Reference to the Opening of Providence Spring
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Was Henry Wirz a Scapegoat?
Here's a reappraisal of his role in Andersonville
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Two DVDs Not Available from Amazon
You can buy these DVDs at the museum at Andersonville.
Andersonville: View Behind the Valor (a narrated photographic tour of the prison grounds & the national cemetery. Produced by Kevin Frye. 45 minutes)
Echoes of Captivity (copyright 2005 Friends of Andersonville)
More about Andersonville and the Civil War
by Virginia Allain
More about Andersonville on the Internet
- Andersonville: Prisoner of War Camp - A Teacher's Guide and Activities
- Use this classroom-ready lesson plan to discover why Andersonville has come to symbolize the treatment of all prisoners of war and how prisoners cope with an environment that deprives them of liberties we take for granted.
Andersonville Books on eBay
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Tell Me about Your Interest in the Civil War
Andersonville today...
Providence Spring Postcard by hm_mercantile
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Shadrosky
Jan 7, 2012 @ 1:54 pm | delete
- Very compelling lens!
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gottaloveit
Nov 11, 2011 @ 6:35 am | delete
- You are a pillar in the Historic community (and in mine!). What a great, informative lens.
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LisaAuch
Nov 11, 2011 @ 3:24 am | delete
- Well this page has certainly caputered my interest
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dlcass
Oct 18, 2011 @ 7:54 pm | delete
- Great list. I thought you were going to put up a link to the antique book I mentioned. Maybe I just missed it.
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vallain Oct 19, 2011 @ 7:48 am | delete
- That's right. I need to see if it shows up on eBay or not.
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by Virginia Allain
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