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Prison Life in Andersonville

John L. Maile

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A firsthand account of the deplorable conditions within the most infamous prisoner-of-war camp of the Confederacy. Though functioning only during the last year of the Civil War, nearly 13,000 of 45,000 incarcerated Union soldiers died under inhumane conditions.

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CHAPTER II.

AN INSIDE VIEW OF A CONFEDERATE PRISON.

At the time of our incarceration in Andersonville, the crisis of the war of the rebellion was reached. General Grant was fighting the great battles of the Wilderness in Virginia; the investment of Petersburg was about to begin, and General Lee was resisting the impact of the Federal forces with unsurpassed skill and heroism. General Sherman was also hastening his preparations to penetrate the vitals of the Confederacy by his famous “March to the Sea.”

Skirmishes by the contending forces were of daily occurrence, and frequently battles were fought that now loom large in history. To bury the dead was not difficult; but the care of the wounded was a grave concern to both armies. An affair of still greater magnitude was the gathering up of the captured officers[Pg 28] and soldiers, the transporting of them hundreds of mil. . . Read More

Community Reviews

A memoir of man's ability to rise above despair and desperate circumstances

John Mails enlisted in Michigan and fought in numerous battles from the east all the way south to Jackson and Vicksburg Mississippi. He was captured and spent time in four Confederate prison camps including the infamous Ander