Andersonville Prison (Camp Sumter) (Feb 1864 - April 1865): Books, Audiobooks, and DVDs owned by Avn Tech Library

Between February 1864 and April 1865, 41,000 Union prisoners of war were taken to the stockade at Anderson Station, Georgia, where nearly 13,000 of them died. Most contemporary accounts placed the blame for the tragedy squarely on the shoulders of the Confederates who administered the prison or on a conspiracy of higher-ranking officials. According to William Marvel, virulent disease and severe shortages of vegetables, medical supplies, and other necessities combined to create a crisis beyond the captors' control. He also argues that the tragedy was aggravated by the Union decision to suspend prisoner exchanges, which meant that many men who might have returned home were instead left to sicken and die in captivity.

This book explores the Andersonville Prison experience and examines the prison as an organization.

This slim volume contains the memoirs of a Union soldier who was captured in July 1864 & spent time in Confederate prisons, including the infamous Andersonville.

Cavalryman, Infantryman and Prisoner of War. This personable first-hand account of the American Civil War was written by William Tyler of the 9th Illinois Cavalry of the Union Army. It is an eye-witness narrative as well as being a first rate source work of the horse soldiers in blue.

"An outstanding study of Andersonville--both a vivid description of the conditions that resulted in high mortality among the prisoners as well as a balanced and unbiased evaluation of the officials responsible."--Journal of Southern History

The holding of prisoners of war has always been both a political and a military enterprise, yet the military prisons of the Civil War, which held more than four hundred thousand soldiers and caused the deaths of fifty-six thousand men, have been nearly forgotten.