The True Story of Andersonville Prison (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Civil War Memories SeriesBy James Madison Page
Length6h 18m
About this audiobook
The True Story of Andersonville Prison is a polemical memoir and historical defense that revisits one of the Civil War's most infamous prison sites. Written in plain but forceful prose, the book challenges the dominant postwar narrative that made Andersonville synonymous with deliberate Confederate cruelty, especially through the figure of commandant Henry Wirz. Blending personal recollection, documentary argument, and moral indictment, it belongs to the literature of Civil War prison testimony while standing apart for its revisionist insistence on context, scarcity, failed prisoner exchanges, and internal disorder among captives. James Madison Page was himself a Union soldier and former prisoner, a circumstance that gives his account unusual authority and controversy. His experience of captivity, combined with decades of postwar memory and sectional debate, appears to have driven his desire to correct what he regarded as historical injustice. Rather than writing as a Confederate apologist by origin, Page writes as a Northern veteran troubled by simplified blame and by the execution of Wirz. This book is recommended for readers of Civil War history, prison literature, and memory studies. It should be read critically, alongside other testimony, but it remains invaluable for understanding how survivors contested the meaning of Andersonville long after the war ended.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- Hand‐picked Memorable Quotes shine a spotlight on moments of literary brilliance.
- Interactive footnotes clarify unusual references, historical allusions, and archaic phrases for an effortless, more informed read.
Audiobook details
Rating★★★★ 4.4 (11)
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GenreHistory
Length6 hrs 18 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateNov 21, 2023
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1The History of the Crusades (Vol.1-3) (Annotated)
2Preface
3PART I. Andersonville: The Prisoners and Their Keeper
4My First Soldiering
5A Sprint and a Capture
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6A Prisoner at Belle Isle
7From Belle Isle to Andersonville
8Daily Life at Andersonville
9"The Dead-Line" and the Death of "Poll Parrot"
10The Stanton Policy
11Execution of the Raiders
12The Mass Meeting of July Twentieth
13The Fate of a Traitor
14Billy Bowles Gives a Dinner in Baltimore
15PART II. Henry Wirz: The Man and His Trial
16The Facts of Wirz's Life
17The Accusations Against Wirz
18The Trial
19The Last Days of Wirz's Life
20Wirz's Attorney's Final Word
21The Great War Secretary
22Memorable Quotes
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