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Aug 24, 2010
Donna
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Andersonville prison is one element of the Civil War history that slipped through the cracks of my formal education. I hadn't heard of it until a high school student needed help finding books about it for a history project. At first I was confused, thinking that it was somehow connected to the Andersonville neighborhood of Chicago. Actually, it was a prison in Georgia where Union captives were held by the Confederacy from February 1864 to the end of the Civil War.
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May 14, 2010
Sherry
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Gourley has compiled the facts and seperated them from the fiction in this wonderful book about the horrors of prison camps during the Civil War. Many know of the battles that took place, but one rarely hears of the the POW prisons during this difficult and chaotic period in history. Gourley does a fantastic job of recreating Andersonville and what the conditions were like at the prison. She has taken the time to research the various accounts from officers, prisoners, doctors, and townfolk of
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May 25, 2010
Briony
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Reading this book makes me sad that there are not more young adult nonfiction history books out there. Catherine Gourley has created an intriguing piece in The Horrors of Andersonville that is not only terrific for individual reading but also as a group discussion.
Informing her readers about the atrocities and acts of humanity that happened in Anderson, Gourley delves into the world of a Civil War Prison, where the conditions of the camps can be blamed on both sides of the war. Sh More...
Informing her readers about the atrocities and acts of humanity that happened in Anderson, Gourley delves into the world of a Civil War Prison, where the conditions of the camps can be blamed on both sides of the war. Sh More...
Nov 20, 2010
This well documented book tells what the captured Northern soldiers had to endure after they were captured by the Confederacy. Many photos bring home the realities for these poor men. Excellent book for anyone interested in Civil War History.
Jan 19, 2011
Mike
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Non fiction at its best. A somber overview of the horrific conditions in a Civil War concentration camp.
Jun 07, 2010
Joy
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This book described the horrors that Union prisoners of war were forced to endure during the Civil War.
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