John Ransom was a printer in Jackson, Michigan before the war. He eventually escaped from Confederate prisons and returned to the north. He features as a character in Mackinlay Kantor’s Pulitzer Prize winning book Andersonville. His diary was published in He died at the age of 76 on 23rd September in Los Angeles County/5(). · Andersonville Diary, Escape And List Of The Dead. LibriVox recording of Andersonville Diary, Escape And List Of The Dead by John L. Ransom. John L. Ransom was the quartermaster of Company A, 9th Michigan Volunteer Cavalry during the American Civil War and a Union prisoner in the infamous Confederate prison at Andersonville, Georgia. This is his diary which he User Interaction Count: 56K. · Ransom’s diary is important to history because it provides information on the Andersonville Prison that may not have been known otherwise, and it provides an overall picture of the Anderson Prison. The Ransom’s Andersonville Diary provides a personal accounting of one of the cruelest Confederate Prisons run during the Civil War. The extent of the cruelty is easily understood Author: Amber Strutz.
Andersonville Prison as seen by John L. Ransom, author and publisher of "Andersonville diary, escape and list of the dead" Andersonville, Georgia was home to the notorious southern controlled prison also know as Fort Sumter. The prison opened its doors in the early years of Confederate strategist found Andersonville to be an idea place to. John L. Ransom's Andersonville Diary is important to history and to other fields of study through its accurate accounting of the prison's conditions and the list of the departed. Without truly understanding the importance of his diary beyond protecting his own sanity, Ransom created a critical historical piece. John Ransom was a printer in Jackson, Michigan before the war. He eventually escaped from Confederate prisons and returned to the north. He features as a character in Mackinlay Kantor's Pulitzer Prize winning book Andersonville. His diary was published in He died at the age of 76 on 23rd September in Los Angeles County.
Andersonville diary. One of the most starkly vivid and detailed accounts of survival in Georgia's notorious Andersonville prison during the American Civil War. John Ransom was only 20 years old at the time of his capture. He kept a nearly daily diary during his year of misery at the Confederate prison. Andersonville Diary, Escape And List Of The Dead. LibriVox recording of Andersonville Diary, Escape And List Of The Dead by John L. Ransom. John L. Ransom was the quartermaster of Company A, 9th Michigan Volunteer Cavalry during the American Civil War and a Union prisoner in the infamous Confederate prison at Andersonville, Georgia. This is his diary which he published some few years after the end of the Civil War. Ransom’s diary is important to history because it provides information on the Andersonville Prison that may not have been known otherwise, and it provides an overall picture of the Anderson Prison. The Ransom’s Andersonville Diary provides a personal accounting of one of the cruelest Confederate Prisons run during the Civil War. The extent of the cruelty is easily understood though the reading of Ransom’s diary.
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