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The True Story of Andersonville Prison
Civil War Memories SeriesBy James Madison PageLength6h 2m
About this audiobook
Madison & Adams Press presents the Civil War Memories Series. This meticulous selection of the firsthand accounts, memoirs and diaries is specially comprised for Civil War enthusiasts and all people curious about the personal accounts and true life stories of the unknown soldiers, the well known commanders, politicians, nurses and civilians amidst the war.
"The True Story of Andersonville Prison" represents an important narrative of Andersonville prison in Georgia. The author brings his defense of the prison commander Henry Wirz, who was charged by the U.S. Government and executed after the Civil War. The author's description of the trial, conviction, and execution of Wirz is extremely sympathetic and provides an alternative view of the Confederacy in the Civil War.
Audiobook details
GenreHistory, Biography and Memoir
Length6 hrs 2 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJul 5, 2019
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1The True Story of Andersonville Prison
12The Mass Meeting of July Twentieth
2Preface
13The Fate of a Traitor
3PART I. Andersonville: The Prisoners and Their Keeper
14Billy Bowles Gives a Dinner in Baltimore
4My First Soldiering
15PART II. Henry Wirz: The Man and His Trial
5A Sprint and a Capture
16The Facts of Wirz's Life
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6A Prisoner at Belle Isle
17The Accusations Against Wirz
7From Belle Isle to Andersonville
18The Trial
8Daily Life at Andersonville
19The Last Days of Wirz's Life
9"The Dead-Line" and the Death of "Poll Parrot"
20Wirz's Attorney's Final Word
10The Stanton Policy
21The Great War Secretary
11Execution of the Raiders