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Prison Life in Andersonville

by John Levi MAILE (1844 - 1934)

Ch.2 - An Inside View of a Confederate Prison

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. - Summary by Jeffery Smith

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Listen next episodes of Prison Life in Andersonville:
Appendix A - Contributory Testimony , Appendix B - Responsibility for Prison Treatment , Appendix C - Woman's Relief Corps Memorial , Appendix D - A Memorial Day Meditation , Appendix E - Shall the Government Confer Permanent Honors on Confederate Heroes? , Ch.10 - A Sequel , Ch.3 - The Prison Commissariat , Ch.4 - A Dearth of Water , Ch.5 - A Cry to Heaven , Ch.6 - Unsealing of the Spring , Ch.7 - Was It a Miracle? , Ch.8 - Deliverance , Ch.9 - An Incident by the Way