DescriptionWritten by a twenty year old captured Union soldier, it documents in straight forward unembellished language a year in Hell. Andersonville POW camp was as bad as any WWII concentration camp. Horrid sanitation leading to rampant diseases, starvation rations, gangs preying on fellow prisoners, lack of potable water to drink or medical care, and incompetent cruel jailers. Ransom barely survives his ordeal, and in fact, was saved by another inmate. Described in this journal are the acts of kindness and care some inmates shared.The Confederate commander who ran this camp was hung for his crimes after the war.