Describes the large Confederate prisoner of war camp in Georgia, known as Camp Sumter or Andersonville, and the harsh conditions that killed many prisoners there during the Civil War.
A fact-based novel which follows the experiences of Josiah Day, a Union soldier who was captured in 1864 and sent to the infamous Confederate prison camp at Andersonville, Georgia.
Captures the glory and shame of America's most tragic conflict, the Civil War, in the crowded world of the infamous prison, Andersonville, and the people who lived outside its barricades.