andersonville prison

Tells the story of Andersonville, a Civil War prison camp in Georgia where thousands of Union prisoners died in the last fourteen months of the war, drawing from a variety of documents to consider whether the prison's commandant, Captain Henry Wirz, was justifiably convicted and hanged.

Chronicles the experiences of several Union soldiers survived battles, prison camp, and the sinking of "Sultana," the overcrowded steamboat that exploded on the Mississippi River while carrying them home.

Presents a first-hand account of life in the Confederate prison camp Andersonville through the diary entries of John Ransom, a Union soldier captured in Richmond, Virginia in November 1863 and held until his successful escape over a year later.