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Index to John Ransom's Andersonville Diary

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Name

State

Unit

Pages

Notes

Acker, Col.

Michigan

9th Michigan Calvary

27, 237, 248

 

Andersonville

 

 

173, 174, 175, 179, 199, 235, 238, 243, 245, 251, 254, 259, 260, 264, 273, 275, 278

 

Astor House Mess

 

 

85, 97, 100, 111, 185, 201, 224, 228

 

Battese,

Minnesota

 

62, 77, 78, 82, 83, 85, 90, 91, 93, 95, 97, 98, 102, 106, 109, 110, 116, 123, 125, 126, 127, 129, 130, 131, 132, 135, 141, 142, 143, 145, 146, 148, 150, 151, 152, 168, 245, 251

Indian

Belle Isle

 

 

173, 237, 244, 245, 253, 266

 

Benjamin, David

 

 

38, 47

 

Blackshear Prison

 

 

195, 196, 197, 198, 199, 203, 204, 214

 

Blair, Austin

Michigan

 

41

Governor of Michigan

Blakeman, Dorr

Michigan

 

63, 93, 100, 101

Jackson, Michigan

Blane, Sir Gilbert

 

English Navy or Army

278

 

Blass,

 

 

28

A Spaniard

Bossieux, Lieut.

 

 

6, 9

Confederate, Prison Commander

Bowden Plantation

 

 

184

 

Bowen, John

 

 

102

 

Boyd, Col.

 

 

17, 23

 

Buck, David

Michigan

6th Michigan Calvary

197, 199, 201, 202, 204, 205, 207, 208, 209, 211, 213, 217, 218, 219, 221, 225,226, 227, 228, 229, 230, 233, 234, 238, 246

cousin of Eli, from Leoni, Michigan

Buck, Eli S.

Michigan

6th Michigan Calvary

197, 199, 201, 202, 204, 205, 207, 209, 217, 218, 225, 227, 228, 229, 230, 233, 234, 238, 246

 

Bullock, Sergt.

Michigan

 

20, 58, 63, 106, 148, 164, 169, 173, 199

 

Burchhardt

Michigan

 

63

Lansing, Michigan

Burnside, Gen.

 

 

55, 83

 

Butler,

 

 

37

 

Camp Lawton

 

 

179

 

Carpenter

 

 

97

Teamster

Carpenter,

 

 

78

a teamster

Casey, Mich

 

 

59

 

Christency, Corp.

 

 

102

 

Christiancy, Peter

Michigan

Co. D. 9th Michigan

71

 

Clayton, Henry

 

 

100

 

Cobb, Howell

 

 

38

 

Coff, Howell General

 

 

72

 

Collier, Madame

 

 

22

 

Collins, William

Pennsylvania

Co. D. 88th Pennsylvania

28, 29, 40, 45, 58, 67, 103, 106, 108, 113

Alias Captain Moseby from Richmond

Conley,

 

 

94

 

Curtiss,

 

 

106

 

Curtiss, Charles

Rhode Island

Battery A. 5th Rhode Island Artillery

113

 

Dahlgreen

 

 

47, 48

 

Dahlgreen, Col.

 

 

253

 

Dakin, Hub

Michigan

 

63, 97, 101, 110, 127, 147, 153, 158, 165, 174, 199, 247

Dansville, Michigan

Daly,

 

 

146

 

Davis, Jefferson

 

 

38, 47, 95, 145, 169, 201, 230, 253

Confederate

Davis, Lieut.

 

 

129, 152

Confederate

Delaney, Pat

Pennsylvania

Co. E. 83rd Pennsylvania

113

Said it wasn't his real name

Devers, Jimmy

Michigan

22nd Indiana

19, 20, 28, 31, 63, 65, 66, 68, 94, 96, 98, 102, 106, 107, 116, 123, 124, 125, 126, 146, 238, 251

Jackson, Michigan

Devers, Willie

Michigan

 

94

Jackson, Michigan

Dickinson, Mrs.

 

 

220, 236

 

Doctortown

 

 

186, 193, 194, 195, 196

 

Dow, Neil General

 

 

11, 17

Libby Prison

Driscoll, O.B.

 

 

240

 

Duffy,

New York

 

63, 96

 

Estes, Chief of Staff

 

 

239

 

Fletcher, Sergt.

 

 

240

 

Fort McAllister

 

 

186, 237, 240

 

Fox, Teddy

 

 

240

 

Freeman, H.

Ohio

30th Ohio

11

Hospital Steward

Goodsell, Byron

 

 

102

 

Gordan, James

 

 

67

name might be Gordenian

Gordon

 

 

127

 

Haun, General

 

 

236

 

Havens, Bill

Ohio

 

49

 

Havens, Billy

 

 

55

 

Hemmingway,

 

 

102

 

Hendryx, George

Michigan

9th Michigan Calvary

7, 8, 9, 11, 13, 20, 22, 30, 32, 33, 35, 37, 41, 46, 47, 49, 50, 51, 56, 58, 59, 60, 62, 66, 67, 69, 70, 75, 76, 82, 86, 87, 89, 90, 96, 102, 168, 173, 182, 204

 

Hight, Sgt.

 

 

6, 23

Confederate, Ast. Prison Commander

Hil, Sergt.

 

 

121, 122

 

Hinton,

 

 

150

 

Hoare, Mike

Michigan

 

63, 64, 91, 94, 100, 102, 106, 107, 108, 116, 125, 131, 136, 137, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 151, 152, 245, 253, 258

 

Hubbard,

 

 

123

 

Hudson, Charlie

Ohio

 

85

 

Humphrey, Chas.

Mass.

 

93

 

Hutchins, Charlie

Michigan

 

126

Jackson, Michigan

Hutchins, George W.

Michigan

 

126

Jackson, Michigan

Hutton, Samuel

Michigan

9th Michigan Calvary

71

 

Ingraham, Lieut.

 

 

240

 

Johnson, Capt.

Michigan

9th Michigan Calvary

238, 240, 249

 

Jones, Joseph

Georgia

 

259

Confederate, Doctor

Kilpatrick, General

Michigan

Co. A Michigan

38, 45, 47, 79, 125, 174, 197, 234, 238, 239, 240, 248, 253

 

Kimball, Mr.

 

 

214, 218, 220, 221, 222, 223, 224, 228, 234, 235

 

Kindred, U.

Tennessee

1st East Tennessee Infantry

11

 

Land

 

 

136, 142, 144, 145, 148, 152, 154, 158, 165

a printer like the author

LeCleye Plantation

 

 

184

 

Lee, Robert E.

 

 

248

 

Lewis, Dr.

Michigan

9th Michigan Calvary

27, 28, 48, 50, 51, 53, 58, 60, 63, 65, 68, 70, 71, 76, 80, 82, 84, 86, 87, 89, 146, 238, 251

Vet. Surg.

Lewis, Philo

 

 

80, 81

 

Limber Jim

 

 

106

Nickname

Lincoln, Abe

 

 

166, 171, 248

President

Lind, Dr.

 

English Navy or Army

278

 

Little Terry

 

 

106

Nickname

Marks, Sgt.

 

 

6, 23

Confederate, Ast. Prison Commander

Masons

 

 

167, 174

Organization

McCarten, Corp.

Kentucky

 

17, 31, 38

Irishman, a Mason, Louisville, Kentucky

McCarten, John

Kentucky

6th Kentucky

11

Corporal

McClellan

 

 

166, 171

General running for President

McGill, Tom

Michigan

 

63, 72, 123, 125, 238

 

McGuire, John

Michigan

 

66, 125, 146, 251

Jackson, Michigan

McMichael, Perry

Minnesota

 

17

 

Millen

Georgia

 

151, 152, 154, 157, 158, 160, 163, 173, 174, 264

Town with POW camp

Miller Plantation

 

 

210, 212

 

Moseby, Captain

 

 

 

Real name Collins, William

Munn, A.

New York

US Navy

113

Family in New York

Mustard, Wlt.

Pennsylvania

100th Pennsylvania

10, 22, 25, 39

Hospital Steward

Myers, Joe

Illinois

34th Illinois

11, 33, 39

 

Olds, Commissioner

 

 

13

 

Pemberton Building

 

 

45

 

Piersons, Col.

 

 

53

 

Piersons, Lieut.

 

 

56

 

Ransom, George W.

 

 

130

Brother of Author

Ransom, John L.

Michigan

Co. A, 9th Michigan Calvary Company A

7, 83, 251

1st Sergent

Ready, James

 

 

181

 

Rice, Dan

 

 

229

 

Rickson, W. R.

 

US Navy

113

 

Robins, James

Indiana

 

59

 

Robinson, Lieut. Wm. H.

 

 

244

 

Robinson, W. C.

Illinois

34th Illinois

10, 11, 12, 13, 27, 31, 33

Orderly Sgt.

Rowe,Wm. B. Sgt

Michigan

9th Michigan Calvary

54, 55, 58, 60, 86, 97, 98, 100, 101, 102, 106, 110, 121, 126, 127, 129, 130, 132, 136,  141, 148, 164, 165, 169, 174, 199

Jackson, Michigan

Sanders, E.P. 'Dad'

Michigan

20th Michigan Infantry

10, 40, 50, 60, 75, 77, 86, 98, 101, 102, 106, 110, 111, 126, 127, 129, 130, 131

 

Sanderson,

New York

 

17, 18, 20, 23

 

Sargent, Joseph

Michigan

Co. D. 9th Michigan

71

 

Sarsfield, John

New York

144th New York

112

 

Sawyer,

 

 

169

 

Scotty

 

 

127

 

Shannon, Jack

Michigan

 

67

Ann Arbor, Michigan

Shaw,

 

 

64

 

Sherman, General

 

 

83, 174, 179, 210, 218, 222, 224, 227, 230, 239, 248, 264

 

Siegel's Corps

 

 

85

Siegel's Corps in Shenandoah Valley

Skelley

Georgia

3d Georgia Artillery

256, 257

Northern man

Smith, Corporal

 

Indian Regiment

176, 179

Indian Regiment

Smith, General

 

Commander of 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division

236

 

Smith, John

 

 

60

 

Smith, Pete

 

 

102

 

Smith, Sergt.

 

 

240

 

Stilson, Henry

 

 

28

 

Stoneman,

 

 

80

 

Strickland, Mell

 

 

240

 

Strickland, Rbt.

 

 

240

 

Strong, C. G.

Ohio

4th Ohio Calvary

11

 

Swain,

 

 

146

 

Swan,

 

 

108, 127

 

Swan, Ypsylanti

Michigan

 

63, 70

 

Trotter, Dr.

 

English Navy or Army

278

 

VanTassel

Pennsylvania

 

67, 100

Pennsylvania German

Walker, Jack

Michigan

9th Michigan Calvary

82, 89

 

Wall,

Georgia

3d Georgia Artillery

256, 257

Northern man

Way, Lieut. Col.

 

 

237

Surgeon, Adjutant, Sergent-Major

Williams, Al.

 

 

240

 

Winder, General

 

 

93, 95

 

Winn, Sergt.

Ohio

110th Ohio

136, 137, 142, 143, 147, 150, 152, 154, 156, 246, 251

 

Wirtz, Captain

 

 

56, 58, 59, 61, 64, 65, 69, 71, 72, 76, 77, 79, 80, 82,  87, 89, 90, 92, 95, 96, 99, 102, 105, 107, 112, 113, 115, 126, 129, 130, 152, 246, 147, 259

Confederate

Withers, Jack

 

 

127

 

Young, Assistant Surgeon

Michigan

9th Michigan Calvary

248