Andersonville: The Poem

In this unlikely but precisely grounded collection of poetry about Camp Sumter, aka

Andersonville, the deadliest and most notorious Confederate Military Prison during the

American Civil War, H. R. Spencer explores, imagines, and creates an atypical treatment of both

humanity and inhumanity. Spencer's poetry, often presented as notes and missives, poignantly

humanizes one of the most heart-rending periods of American history. This is a collection for

poets and historians as well as any reader who finds significance when the two meet.