War Prison Diary
The diary kept by Michael Dougherty, a Union private in the American Civil War, while imprisoned in various Confederate prison camps. Dougherty kept his secret diary for 23 months noting his experiences while moving from prison camp to prison camp. He was the sole survivor of the 127 Union soldiers taken prisoner with him, with nearly all of them perishing in the notorious Andersonville, Georgia prison. Dougherty's descriptions of the conditions at Andersonville are disturbing and heart-rending. - Summary by Barry Eads
Genre(s): War & Military, Memoirs, Modern (19th C)
Language: English
Keyword(s): civil war (146), prison (29), Confederacy (19), Union (12), andersonville (6), yankee (2), rebel (2)
| Section | Chapter | Reader | Time |
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| Play 00 | Introduction | Barry Eads |
00:03:29 |
| Play 01 | Section 1 | Barry Eads |
00:15:45 |
| Play 02 | Section 2 | Barry Eads |
00:12:36 |
| Play 03 | Section 3 | Barry Eads |
00:18:16 |
| Play 04 | Section 4 | Barry Eads |
00:11:38 |
| Play 05 | Section 5 | Barry Eads |
00:15:54 |
| Play 06 | Section 6 | Barry Eads |
00:12:22 |
| Play 07 | Section 7 | Barry Eads |
00:19:45 |
| Play 08 | Section 8 | Barry Eads |
00:13:58 |
| Play 09 | Section 9 | Barry Eads |
00:11:09 |
| Play 10 | Section 10 | Barry Eads |
00:09:37 |
| Play 11 | Section 11 | Barry Eads |
00:09:45 |
| Play 12 | Section 12 | Barry Eads |
00:08:29 |