John Ransom's Diary
Author : John L. Ransom
Publisher :
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 41,10 MB
Release : 1883
Category : United States
ISBN :
Author : John L. Ransom
Publisher :
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 41,10 MB
Release : 1883
Category : United States
ISBN :
Author : John L. Ransom
Publisher :
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 26,16 MB
Release : 1986
Category : History
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Author : John L. Ransom
Publisher : Berkley
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 22,30 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Andersonville (Ga.)
ISBN : 9780425141465
John Ransom was a 20-year-old Union soldier when he became a prisoner of war in 1863. In his unforgettable diary, Ransom reveals the true story of his day-to-day struggle in the worst of Confederate prison camps--where hundreds of prisoners died daily. Ransom's story of survival is, according to Publishers Weekly, a great adventure . . . observant, eloquent, and moving.
Author : John L. Ransom
Publisher :
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 28,66 MB
Release : 1883
Category : Andersonville Prison
ISBN :
Author : John L. Ransom
Publisher :
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 39,82 MB
Release : 1963
Category :
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Author : Raymond J. Herek
Publisher : Wayne State University Press
Page : 618 pages
File Size : 14,82 MB
Release : 1998
Category : History
ISBN : 9780814326725
These Men Have Seen Hard Service recounts the fascinating history of one outstanding Michigan regiment during the Civil War. A compelling political, social, ethnic, and military drama, this book examines the lives of the 1300 men of the First Michigan Sharpshooters for the first time, beginning with the regiment's inception and extending through post-war activities until the death of the last rifleman in 1946. Beyond presenting numerous anecdotes about the men and officers and their contributions during the war, Raymond Herek provides insight into the medical community of the time, the draft, other commands in the same division, the politics endemic in raising a regiment, and Michigan's Native American contingent. The extensive appendices will be of particular use to genealogists, Civil War enthusiasts, and historians, because they list the men in the regiment, and also battle and camp casualties.
Author : Mary Bosworth
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 609 pages
File Size : 31,53 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1412924863
Explaining U.S. Imprisonment builds on and extends some of the contemporary issues of women in prison, minorities, and the historical path to modern prisons as well as the social influences on prison reform.
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Page : 744 pages
File Size : 34,11 MB
Release : 1963
Category : Military art and science
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Author : John B. Lundstrom
Publisher : Minnesota Historical Society
Page : 626 pages
File Size : 48,56 MB
Release : 2012
Category : History
ISBN : 0873518721
The story of the Liberators of the Ninth Minnesota, the state's "hard luck" Civil War regiment, from defying orders and saving a slave family, through bitter defeat and imprisonment, to the ultimate victory and their lives in postwar America.
Author : G. Wayne Clough
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 25,60 MB
Release : 2019-05-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0820355232
Things New and Strange chronicles a research quest undertaken by G. Wayne Clough, the first secretary of the Smithsonian Institution born in the South. Soon after retiring from the Smithsonian, Clough decided to see what the Smithsonian collections could tell him about South Georgia, where he had spent most of his childhood in the 1940s and 1950s. The investigations that followed, which began as something of a quixotic scavenger hunt, expanded as Clough discovered that the collections had many more objects and documents from South Georgia than he had imagined. These objects illustrate important aspects of southern culture and history and also inspire reflections about how South Georgia has changed over time. Clough’s discoveries—animal, plant, fossil, and rock specimens, along with cultural artifacts and works of art—not only serve as a springboard for reflections about the region and its history, they also bring Clough’s own memories of his boyhood in Douglas, Georgia, back to life. Clough interweaves memories of his own experiences, such as hair-raising escapes from poisonous snakes and selling boiled peanuts for a nickel a bag at the annual auction of the tobacco crop, with anecdotes from family lore, which launches an exploration of his forebears and their place in South Georgia history. In following his engaging and personal narrative, we learn how nonspecialists can use museum archives and how family, community, and natural history are intertwined.