Andersonville U.S. Department of the Interior

Selected Bibiliography for Andersonville and Prisoners of War throughout American History

A comprehensive General Prisoner Civil War Prisoner bibliography of of War Studies of War Studies Andersonville and Doyle, Robert C. A Prisoner’s Casstevens, Frances H. Out of American prisoners of Duty: Great Escapes in U.S. the Mouth of Hell: Civil War war would be book- Military History. Naval Institute Prisons and Escapes. McFarland length. Although it is Press, 1997. and Company, 2005. diffi cult to choose a few Doyle, Robert C. Voices From Cloyd, Benjamin. Haunted by among the many fi ne Captivity: Interpreting the Atrocity: Civil War Prisons in publications available, American POW Experience. American Memory. LSU press, the selections listed University Press of Kansas, 1994. 2010. here stand out for their combination of historical Doyle, Robert C. The Enemy Hesseltine, William B. Civil quality, enjoyable and in Our Hands: America’s War Prisons: A Study in Treatment of Prisoners of War War Psychology. Ohio State often compelling writing from the Revolution to the War University, 1930. styles, and availability on Terror. University Press of from public libraries and , 2010. Hesseltine, William B., editor. bookstores. Civil War Prisons. Kent State Springer, Paul J. America’s University Press, 1962. Captives: Treatment of POWs Many of the titles listed from the Revolutionary War to Sanders, Charles W. While here are available through the War on Terror. Lawrence: in the Hands of the Enemy: the Eastern National University of Kansas Press, 2010. Military Prisons of the Civil War. bookstore at the National Louisiana State University Press, Museum. 2005. Older titles may be Speer, Lonnie R. Portals to Hell, located through a number Military Prisons of the Civil War. of digital resources. Stackpole Books, 1997. Andersonville Other Civil War Civil War Prisoner Bearrs, Edwin C. Andersonville Prisons Diaries/Memoirs National Historic Site: Historic Allison, Don, ed. Hell on Belle and Other Resource Study and Historical Isle, Diary of a Civil War POW. Base Map. National Park Faded Banner Publications, Readings Service, 1970. 1997. Boaz, Thomas M. Libby Prison and Beyond: A Union Staff Burnett, William G. The Prison Bryant, William O. Cahaba Offi cer in the East, 1862-1865. Camp at Andersonville; Civil Prison and the Disaster. White Mane Publishing Co., War Series. Eastern National, University of Alabama Press, 1999. 1995. 1990. Braun, Herman. Andersonville, Davis, Robert Scott. Ghosts Derden, John K. The World’s An Object Lesson on Protection. And Shadows of Andersonville: Largest Prison: The Story Milwaukee, 1892. Essays on the Secret Social of Camp Lawton. Mercer Histories of America’s Deadliest University Press, 2012 Burson, William. A Race Prison. Mercer University Press, for Liberty: or My Capture, 2006. Gillispie, James M. Imprisonment, and Escape. Andersonville of the North: Wellsville, Ohio, 1867. Kantor, McKinley. The Myths and Realities of Andersonville. Penguin Press, Northern Treatment of Civil Copley, John M. A Sketch of 1955 (Fiction). War Confederate Prisoners. the Battle of Franklin, Tenn.; University of North Texas Press, with Reminiscences of Camp Futch, Ovid. History of 2008. Douglas. Austin, 1893. Andersonville Prison. University of Florida Press, 1968. Hall, James R. Den of Misery: Forbes, Eugene. Diary of a Indiana’s Civil War Prison. Soldier, and Prisoner of War in Lynn, John W. 800 Paces to Pelican Publishing Company, the Rebel Prisons. Trenton, 1865. Hell: Andersonville. Sergeant 2006. Kirkland’s Press, 1999. Gooding, James Henry (Author), Krauss, William. The Story of Adams, Virginia M. (Editor). Marvel, William. Andersonville: Camp Chase. The General’s On the Altar of Freedom: A The Last Depot. University of Books, 1906. Black Soldier’s Civil War Letters North Carolina Press, 1994. from the Front. University of Levy, George. To Die in Chicago: Massachusetts, 1999. O’Connor, Bob. The U.S. Confederate Prisoners at Colored Troops at Andersonville 1862-65. Pelican Kellogg, Robert H. Life and Prison. Infi nity Publishing, 2009. Publishing Company, 1999. Death in Rebel Prisons. Hartford, 1865. Kelly, Dennis. A History of Wirz Trial Camp Douglas Illinois, Union King, John H. Three Hundred Leonard, Elizabeth D. Lincoln’s Prison, 1861-1865. Southeast Days in a Yankee Prison, Avengers: Justice, Revenge, and Region National Park Service, Reminiscences of War, Life, Reunion After the Civil War. W. 1989. Captivity, Imprisonment at W. Norton & Company, 2004. Camp Chase, Ohio. Atlanta, McAdams, Benton. Rebels at 1904. Rock Island: The Story of a Civil War Prison. Northern Illinois University Press, 2000.

2 Selected Bibliography King, John R. My Experience National in the Confederate Army and in Going Beyond Northern Prisons. Clarksburg, Cemeteries Andersonville WV, 1917. Faust, Drew Gilpin. This Republic of Suff ering: Death and The issues represented at Maile, John L. “Prison Life in the . Alfred Andersonville extend well Andersonville” With Special A. Knopf, 2009. beyond this site and into to the present day. The links below go Reference to the Opening of to organizations dedicated to Providence Spring. Los Angeles, Holt, Dean W. American the recovery of POW/MIAs from 1912. Military Cemeteries, 2nd past confl icts in addition to those edition. McFarland, 2009. dedicated to the principles of Mosher, Charles. Charlie international humanitarian law, Mosher’s Civil War. Longstreet Sledge, Michael. Soldier Dead: protecting civilians, wounded and How We Recover, Identify, Bury, sick combatants, and prisoners of House, 1994. war. and Honor Our Military Fallen. Ransom, John. John Ransom’s Columbia University Press, 2007. Defense POW/Missing Andersonville Diary. Berkley Personnel Offi ce Publishing Co., 1963. Juvenile http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo/ The National League of POW/ Roberts, Edward F. Gourley, Catherine. The Horrors of Andersonville: Life MIA Families Andersonville Journey, The True http://www.pow-miafamilies.org/ Story. Burd Street Press, 1998. and Death Inside a Civil War Prison. Twenty-First Century American Ex-Prisoners of War Robins, Glenn. They have left us Books, 2010. http://www.axpow.org/ here to die : the Civil War prison Korean War Ex-POW diary of Sgt. Lyle Adair, 111th U.S. Wisler, G. Clifton. Red Cap. Puffi n Books, 1991 (Fiction). Association Colored Infantry. Kent State http://www.koreanwarexpow.org/ University Press, 2011. Rinaldi, Ann. Numbering the NAM-POWs Smith, W. B. On Wheels and Bones. First Jump at the Sun, http://www.nampows.org/ 2002. How I Came There. New York, Department of Defense 60th 1893. Anniversary of the Korean War Polacco, Patricia. Pink and Say. Commemoration Committee http://koreanwar.defense.gov/ Smith, Charles M. From Philomel Books, 1994. Andersonville to Freedom. The Of America Immel, Mary Blair. Captured! Vietnam War Commemoration Providence, 1894. http://www.vietnamwar50th.com/ A Boy Trapped in the Civil War. Indiana Historical Society, 2005. Library of Congress - Military Sprague, Homer B. Light Legal Resources and Shadows in Confederate http://www.loc.gov/rr/frd/Military_ Prisons. New York, 1915. Law/ International Committee of the Red Cross War and International Humanitarian Law http://www.icrc.org/eng/war-and- law/ International Humanitarian Law - Treaties & Documents http://www.icrc.org/ihl

Selected Bibliography 3 Revolutionary Fornes, William S. Walking National Park Service Through a Spider’s Web. Athen U.S. Department of the Interior War Pr. Publishing Co., 2001. Burroughs, Edwin G. Forgotten Patriots: The Untold Story of American Prisoners During the Vietnam War Revolutionary War. Basic Books, Allen, Michael J. Until the Last 2008. Man Comes Home: POWs, MIAs, and the Unending World War I Vietnam War. University of Messimer, Dwight R. Escape. North Carolina Press, 2009. Naval Institute Press, 1994. Andersonville National Historic Site was established by Congress in 1970 to “provide Alvarez, Everett Jr. Chained an understanding of the Civil War prisoner Eagle: The Heroic Story of the of war (POW) story, to interpret the role World War II of prisoner of war camps in history, and to Ash, William & Foley, Brenden. First American Shot Down over commemorate the sacrifi ce of Americans who Under the Wire. Thomas Dunne North Vietnam. Potomac Books, lost their lives in such camps.” Books, 2005. 2005. The park includes the site of the Andersonville Prison, the National Prisoner of War Museum, Hirsh, James S. Two Souls and Andersonville National Cemetery. The Hillenbrand, Laura. Unbroken: museum opened at Andersonville in 1998, A World War II Story of Indivisible. Houghton Miffl in, and it is dedicated to all brave men and Survival, Resilience, and 2004. women of the United States who have suffered captivity. Close to 20,000 soldiers Redemption. Random House, and their dependents are buried in the 2010. Johnson, Sam. Captive Warriors: cemetery at Andersonville. A Vietnam POW’s Story. Texas

Today, the park is a tribute to the prisoner Kershaw, Alex. The Longest A&M University Press: 1992. of war experience. Etched on memorials Winter. Da Capo Press, 2004. throughout the park, and throughout the McGrath, John M. Prisoner of prisoner of war experience in American history, is the phrase, “Death Before Knox, Donald. Death March: War: Six Years in Hanoi. Naval Dishonor,” symbolizing the American resolve Institute Press, 1975. to uphold the value of freedom and liberty in The Survivors of Bataan. the face of adversity. Harvest/HBJ Book, 2002. Rowe, James N. Five Years to Andersonville National Historic Site Freedom. Presidio Press, 1984. Andersonville National Cemetery Lawton, Manny & Toland, John. 496 Cemetery Road Some Survived. Algonquin Andersonville, GA 31711 Books, 2004. Rochester, Stuart I. and Kiley, Phone Frederick. Honor Bound: 229 924-0343 Olson, John E. O’Donnell, American Prisoners of War in Southeast Asia 1961-1973. Naval Offi cial Park Website Andersonville of the Pacifi c. http://www.nps.gov/ande/ Private publication, 1985. Institute Press, 1999.

Researching Andersonville Prisoners http://go.nps.gov/Andersonville_POWs Vonnegut, Kurt. Slaughter House-Five. Random House, Andersonville and POW Bibliography Persian Gulf War http://go.nps.gov/POW_bibliography 1969. Cornum, Rhonda. She Went to War. Presidio Books, 1992. The National Park Service cares for the special places saved by the American people Whitlock, Flint. Given Up for so that all may experience our heritage. Dead. Westview Press, 2005. Iraq Korean War Bragg, Rick. I Am a Soldier, Too: Matta, George J. Jr. A POW The Jessica Lynch Story. Vintage, Produced by the Division of Interpretation and Education Diary, My Father’s Struggle. 2004. July 2012 DarRyan Press, 1997.

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