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Andersonville Movie
Captured Union Soldiers cope with life inside the
Civil War's most notorious prisoner of war camp.
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Andersonville DVD
Directed by John
Frankenheimer, this Emmy Award-winning drama is based on the incredible
story of the Confederate prison camp in Georgia where nearly 13,000 Union
soldiers died of malnutrition, exposure and disease. The story begins with
the capture of Union soldiers at the Battle of Cold Harbor, continues
through an unsuccessful escape attempt, and ends with the trial and
punishment of a gang of predatory fellow prisoners. 2 hr. 47 min.; DVD. |
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Andersonville - The Last Depot.
This is a carefully
researched and compelling revisionist account of Andersonville Prison.
Based on reliable primary sources - including diaries, Union and
Confederate government documents, and letters - its analysis exonerates
camp commandant Henry Wirz and others from charges that they deliberately
exterminated prisoners, a crime for which Wirz was executed after the war.
350 pgs., 32 illustrations, 6"x 9¼", hdbd. |
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A Perfect Picture of Hell
Eyewitness Accounts by Civil
War Prisoners from the 12th Iowa. Genoways & Genoways, eds. This book is a
collection of harrowing narratives by soldiers from the 12th Iowa Infantry
who survived imprisonment in the South during the Civil War. You will read
about the shooting of an unarmed prisoner at Montgomery, a successful
escape from Belle Isle, the swelling floodwaters overtaking Cahaba Prison,
the inferno that engulfed Andersonville and much more. |
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Andersonville - The Southern Perspective
While there has been much
written about Andersonville, this book presents seldom-seen documentation
from Confederates familiar with the camp, as well as discussions by
contemporary historians. It is an effort to clarify the troubling questions
that remain about the camp: How could this tragedy have happened? And who
was to blame? 208 pgs., 39 B&W photos and illustrations, 6"x 9", hdbd |
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Eye of the Storm
Private Robert Knox Sneden. One of the most important Civil War documents
ever published, this book is an edited compilation of materials discovered
in the 1990s: Union soldier Private Robert Knox Sneden's 500+ watercolors
and his 5,000-page illustrated memoir that provides one of the richest and
most detailed descriptions ever written of soldier life in the Civil War,
and the only fully illustrated account of life inside Andersonville prison
camp. (Don't miss Images from the Storm featuring 300 more of Pvt. Sneden's
artworks, also available). 345 pgs., 80 color illustrations, 8"x 9¼", sfbd |
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History - Haunted History - Haunted Atlanta
Tour five paranormal hot spots to hear their dark stories. The Kennesaw
house and a home in Marietta both served as Civil War hospitals, and some
say that spectral patients of the War Between the States are still seen
there. At the plantation mansions of Lockerly Hall and Barnsley Gardens, the
original owners sometimes visit guests. But the epicenter of ghostly
activity in the area is the site of Andersonville, the notorious Confederate
prison camp, where 29,000 Union soldiers died in the most horrific
conditions imaginable. 50 minutes |
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History of Andersonville Prison
Futch. Andersonville Prison held over 35,000 Union prisoners of war, of
which, over 13,000 died from malnutrition, cruel treatment and exposure to
the elements. This book explores Federal and Confederate government
documents and the personal accounts of prisoners, guards and officers to
show how the conditions were dealt with and who was responsible for the
misery that prevailed. 146 pages, 6"x 9", softcover. |
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