 | Andersonville: The Last Depot (Civil War America) by William Marvel
Buy new: $29.70 / Used from: $3.99 The best book I've read on Andersonville so far. Whether you favor "Johnny Reb" or "Billy Yank" you should definitely read this!
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 | History of Andersonville Prison by OVID L. FUTCH
Buy new: $11.21 / Used from: $6.47 An honest & unbiased book on Andersonville based on both Union & Confederate accounts.
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 | Andersonville by Robert Vaughan
Buy used from: $0.01 This historical novel is based on the TNT movie, but actually (& surprisingly) I enjoyed it just as much as the movie. Fast-paced & very well-written.
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 | The Diary of a Dead Man 1862-1864: The unedited diary and letters of Ira Pettit, a Union Private, who fought on the battlefields of Chancellorsville, Gettysburg and the Wilderness... by Ira S. Pettit
Buy used from: $2.75 The diary & letters of Union Pvt. Ira Pettit, who fought in & survived the bloodiest battles only to die in Andersonville Prison. An unforgettable book.
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 | Dancing Along the Deadline: The Andersonville Memoir of a Prisoner of the Confederacy by Ezra Ripple
Buy used from: $5.00 While not the most exciting Andersonville memoir, this is still highly recommended for those wanting to know about everyday life in Andersonville.
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 | Andersonville Journey by Edward F. Roberts
Buy used from: $3.72 In spite of the awful editing, this is an incredible book on Andersonville during & after the war when the Wirtz monument was built.
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| This Was Andersonville by John McElroy
Buy used from: $8.00 An oldie but goodie! Every Andersonville scholar should own this incredible memoir, one of the very best prisoner's accounts.
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 | Echoes of Andersonville by Robert Diel Dean
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $8.91 A very moving historical novel that shows how the Lord works in mysterious ways!
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 | Andersonville (Plume) by MacKinlay Kantor
Buy new: $15.64 / Used from: $2.99 Trust me, there's a good reason why Bruce Catton called this "the best Civil War novel I've ever read". This Pulitzer Prize masterpiece is a definite must!
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| Andersonville Giving Up the Ghost: Diaries & Recollections of the Prisoners.
Buy used from: $14.00 One of my favorite Andersonville books is this awesome collection of prisoners' letters, diaries, & memoirs.
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 | Escape from Libby Prison by James Gindlesperger
Buy used from: $0.68 The incredible "great escape" of the Civil War! Amazingly, 48 out of 108 escapees made it back to Union lines.
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 | The Last Prison: The Untold Story of Camp Groce CSA by Danial Francis Lisarelli
Buy new: $25.95 / Used from: $23.36 Tells of a prison camp even I've never heard of, Camp Groce. An excellent source of information on a little-known part of history.
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 | Elmira: Death Camp of the North by Michael Horigan
Buy new: $17.79 / Used from: $10.00 The "Andersonville" of the North, with a staggering death rate of almost 25%, higher than any prison camp in the South. Thus the term "Helmira".
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| The Business of Captivity in the Chemung Valley: Elmira and Its Civil War Prison by Michael P. Gray
Buy new: $35.00 / Used from: $20.50 This is definitely the best book on "Helmira", which believe it or not, had a much higher death rate than Andersonville.
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 | To Die in Chicago: Confederate Prisoners at Camp Douglas 1862-65 by George Levy
Buy new: $19.77 / Used from: $18.71 Another infamous prison camp in the North, this often overlooked prison gets the full treatment with this highly informative book.
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 | Life and Death in Civil War Prisons: The Parallel Torments of Corporal John Wesly Minnich, C.S.A. and Sergeant Warren Lee Goss, U.S.A. by J Michael Martinez
Buy used from: $6.99 A captivating book telling of the awful Civil War prison camps through two prisoners, one Confederate & the other Union.
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 | The Union Prison at Fort Delaware: A Perfect Hell on Earth by Brian Temple
Buy new: $45.00 / Used from: $51.70 One of the very few books written about the Fort Delaware Prison. Short but very interesting & well-researched.
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 | Unlikely Allies: Fort Delaware's Prison Community in the Civil War by Dale Fetzer
Buy used from: $6.45 An amazing book on a little known part of Civil War history that's often overshadowed by Andersonville.
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 | Rebels at Rock Island: The Story of a Civil War Prison by Benton McAdams
Buy new: $24.32 / Used from: $11.89 One of the more obscure Civil War prison camps was the one at Rock Island, where hundreds of Confederate P.O.W.'s perished.
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 | So Far from Dixie: Confederates in Yankee Prisons by Philip Burnham
Buy used from: $17.50 A highly recommended book for all serious Civil War buffs & one of the best on Union Prisons.
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 | Immortal Captives: The Story of 600 Confederate Officers and the United States Prisoner of War Policy by Mauriel Phillips Joslyn
Buy used from: $21.95 Undeniable proof that death camps existed long before WW2. A book every history buff should read!
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 | Andersonville
Buy new: $9.99 / Used from: $3.81 The only movie that focuses on a Civil War prison, & one of the best Civil War films of all time. Does portray Wirtz as a raving psycho, though!
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 | The Andersonville Trial (Broadway Theatre Archive)
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $13.76 Directed by the great George C. Scott, this powerful play does have some over-the-top moments, but overall still a definite must for Andersonville scholars.
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 | The Blue and the Gray (The Complete Miniseries)
Buy new: $21.99 / Used from: $12.73 Yes, it's very corny, but it has a great segment on "Helmira" Prison.
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 | North and South - The Complete Collection
Buy new: $54.99 / Used from: $39.91 There's a very memorable segment on Libby Prison in Book 2 of this outstanding mini-series. The greatest tv epic of all time!
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