Wednesday, July 26, 2017

Diary of 1st Sergeant John L. Ransom: June 8, 1864

More new prisoners. There are now over 23,000 confined here, and the death rate 100 to 130 per day, and I believe more than that. Rations worse.

SOURCE: John L. Ransom, Andersonville Diary, p. 65
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