Andersonville Diary Author:John Ransom John Ransom, Brigade Quartermaster of the Ninth Michigan Calvary, was only 20 years old when he became a prisoner of war in eastern Tennessee in 1863. He had everything to live for, and much to live with. — A war was on, and he was in it, and things were happening that seemed worth putting down from day to day. The result is a straightforward dia... more »ry, free of the embroideries and purple passages of many an author of the time.
With an introduction by Bruce Catton . . .
"One of the best first-hand accounts to come down to us from the Civil War, uncommonly rich in the love of life...a tale of adventure, of suspense, of fierce hate and great love. " --Bruce Catton« less