by John L. Ransom
About this book
John L. Ransom’s Andersonville Diary, Escape and List of the Dead delivers a harrowing firsthand account of captivity at Camp Sumter from a Union quartermaster of the 9th Michigan Volunteer Cavalry. Written as a memoir and published after the Civil War, Ransom’s diary chronicles daily life inside the notorious Andersonville prison—overcrowding, scant rations, disease, and the small acts of courage and cooperation that helped men survive. As a work of non-fiction and biography, it combines personal observation with sober documentation: included are lists and a recapitulation of deaths that underscore the human cost behind historical statistics and the broader context of the war’s prison system and the trial of Major Henry Wirz. Themes of endurance, comradeship, and moral reckoning run throughout, offering both a vivid war story and a primary source for historians. Ideal for Civil War enthusiasts, students of military history, and listeners who favor raw, eyewitness testimony, this audiobook brings an indispensable voice from the trenches of American memory to life.
