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Second Lieutenant James Madison Webpage was a Union officer of Company A, Sixth Michigan Cavalry through the Civil Battle. After participating in many skirmishes and battles, including Gettysburg, Webpage was captured in Virginia on Sept 21, 1863 by Confederate causes across the Rapidan. After spending several months in various jail camps, he attained Andersonville Prison in Georgia on February 27, 1864. He'd continue to be there seven weeks throughout a time when the jail society grew from 10,000 to over 30,000. Webpage was present at Andersonville through the most packed and harrowing period, like the summer time of 1864. He became familiar with many fellow prisoners, guards, and the jail commandant, Henry Wurz. Unlike some Union prisoners, Webpage had not been bitter or hostile toward his captors. He noticed that the Southerners ate no better than the prisoners and he never noticed or heard about any atrocities, an account that was greatly at variance with the government's charges against Wurz in nov 1865. Listen as Lieut. James Madison Webpage recounts his exciting battle record, his grim experience as a prisoner of battle, and his unflinching testimony of what he noticed at Andersonville Prison.
