Sunday, December 31, 2017

Diary of 1st Sergeant John L. Ransom: July 22, 1864

A petition is gotten up signed by all the sergeants in the prison, to be sent to Washington, D. C., begging to be released. Capt. Wirtz has consented to let three representatives go for that purpose. Rough that it should be necessary for us to beg to be protected by our government.

SOURCE: John L. Ransom, Andersonville Diary, p. 89

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