Season 3, Bonus Episode: Inside Andersonville

In a recent episode of The Object of History, titled "The Mortal & Everlasting Life of Frederic Augustus James: Enduring Life Behind the Deadline of a Civil War POW Camp", we discussed Frederic Augustus James's experience in the Andersonville prisoner of war camp during the Civil War. In this bonus episode, we sit down with MHS Library Assistant Brandon McGrath-Neely. Brandon shares his impressions of James's writings and discusses his experience as a Park Ranger at the Andersonville National Historic Site and National Prisoner of War Museum.
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Episode transcript
Episode Special Guest:

Brandon McGrath-Neely is a current student at Simmons University's dual-degree Masters of Library and Information Science and History program. He is a graduate of Gettysburg College, where he worked as a Civil War Fellow, documentary filmmaker, and a Brian C. Pohanka Intern at Andersonville National Historic Site and National Prisoner of War Museum.
This episode uses materials from:
Bald Eagle by Chad Crouch (Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International)
Psychic by Dominic Giam of Ketsa Music (licensed under a commercial non-exclusive license by the Massachusetts Historical Society through Ketsa.uk)
Curious Nature by Dominic Giam of Ketsa Music (licensed under a commercial non-exclusive license by the Massachusetts Historical Society through Ketsa.uk)
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