PREFACE. -- THE SOLDIER' STORY -- INTRODUCTION. -- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS -- WARREN LEE GOSS -- PRESENTATION -- BAYONETS OF BRUTAL GUARDS -- HERO -- VIEW OF BLOODHOUNDS -- VIEW OF THE MAIN GATE -- VIEW OF THE STOCKADE -- VIEW OF THE HUTS -- VIEW OF THE BAKERY -- PLAN OF PRISON BAKERY -- HE WAS SHOT THROUGH THE LUNGS -- VIEW OF THE PALISADE AND DEAD LINE -- VIEW OF THE INTERIOR PRISON -- MY SISTER CAME AND TOOK IT AND GAVE IT TO AN ANGEL -- SPOT -- GEORGIA AREA MAP -- FOLLOWING THE DOGS -- VIEW OF THE MANNER IN WHICH THE DEAD WERE I NTERRED -- VIEW OF THE KITCHEN -- VIEW OF THE ANDERSONVILLE GRAVEYARD -- PLAN OF PRISON GROUNDS, ANDERSONVILLE -- VIEW OF THE PRISON FROM THE MAIN GATE -- THEY NEVER FAIL WHO DIE -- CONTENTS. -- CHAPTER I. -- Enlistment in the Engineer Corps. -- A Prophecy of Dining in Richmond fulfilled differently from Expectations -- Battle at Savage 's Station. -- Terrible Conflict. -- The Army of the Potomac saved. -- An Incident. -- Heroism in a Wounded Soldier. -- A Retreat. -- Wounded taken Prisoners. -- First Treatment as a Prisoner. -- Rebel Prediction of the Capture of Washington. -- Confidence in McClellan. -- Stonewall Jackson. -- False Promises. -- Taken to Richmond. -- A Sad Scene. -- A Rebel Officer 's Wit. -- A Retort. -- Search and Confiscation of Personal Effects. -- Description of Prison. -- Life in Libby Prison. -- Horrors of such Life. -- Various Incidents. -- Change of Quarters. -- Hope for the Better disappointed -- CHAPTER II. -- Belle Island. -- Sickness and Insensibility. -- Want of Medical Treatment. -- Description of Belle Isle Prison. -- Strict Regulations evaded. -- Trading with the Rebels. -- Insufficiency of Food. -- High Prices of Commissary Stores. -- Depreciated and Counterfeit Currency. -- Comparative Virtue and Intelligence of Rebels of different States. -- Extreme Suffering from Hunger.

Effects on the Character. -- Philosophy on the Subject. -- A Goose Question -- Exchange on the Brain. -- Increased Mortality. -- A Gleam of Hope. -- Exchange and Disappointment. -- Escape and its Punishment. -- A Rebel Admission that Richmond might have been captured by McClellan. -- More Prisoners and Suffering. -- Exchange. -- Sight of the Old Flag -- CHAPTER III. -- Parole Camp. -- Discharge. -- Return Home. -- Restoration to Health -- Reënlistment. -- Plymouth, N.C., Description of, and its Defences. -- A Skirmish with the Enemy. -- Assault and Surrender of a Garrison. -- Raid of the Rebel Ram Albemarle. -- Capture of Plymouth and its Garrisons. -- Again a Prisoner. -- An Heroic Woman. -- Disparity of Forces. -- Large Rebel Loss. -- An Exchange of Hats. -- Pretended Union Men become Rebels. -- Negro Soldiers hunted and shot. -- Similar Treatment by Rebels to North Carolina Soldiers. -- Journey South. -- The Women curious to see the "Yank "Prisoners. -- "Dipping" by Women. -- Unattractive Damsels. -- Trading Disposition. -- Depreciated Currency. -- Tarboro '. -- Railroad Travel in crowded Cars. -- False Hopes of Exchange. -- Proposed Attempt to escape. -- Delusions in Regard to Prison Life. -- Wilmington. -- Charleston. -- Sympathy of Irish and German Women. -- Effects of Shot and Shell. -- Rebel Strategy. -- Macon,Ga. -- Arrival at Andersonville. -- Acquaintance with Captain Wirz. -- Impressions of the New Prison -- CHAPTER IV. -- Prison-Life in Andersonville. -- Twelve Thousand Prisoners. -- A Shelter constructed. -- Philosophizing in Misery. -- Want of Fuel and Shelter. -- Expedients for Tents. -- The Ration System. -- Continued Decrease of Amount. -- Modes of Cooking. -- Amusement from Misery. -- "Flankers," or Thieves. -- New Companions. -- A Queer Character. -- Knowledge of Tunnelling acquired. -- A novel Method of Escape.

Mode of Tunnelling. -- The Dead Line. -- Inhumanity and Brutality in shooting Prisoners. -- Premium on such Acts -- Lack of Sanitary Regulations. -- Sickness and Death very prevalent. -- Loathsome Forms of Scurvy. -- A noxious Swamp,and its Effects. -- Untold Misery. -- Large Accession of Prisoners. -- Exposure to heavy Rains and hot Suns. -- One Thousand Three Hundred and Eighty Deaths in one Week. -- Depression of Spirits,Insensibility,Insanity,and Idiocy. -- Tendency to Stoicism. -- More Philosophizing. -- Human Sympathies a Cause of Sickness and Death. -- Philosophy again. -- Sad Cases of Death from Starvation. -- CHAPTER V. -- Prison Vocabulary. -- Punishment of Larcenies. -- Scenes of Violence. -- Destitution provocative of Troubles. -- Short Rations. -- More Fights. -- Advantages of Strength of Body and Mind. -- New Standards of Merit. -- Ingenuity profitable. -- Development of Faculties. -- New Trades and Kinds of Business. -- Cures for all Ills and Diseases. -- Trading to get more Food. -- Burden of Bad Habits. -- Experience in Trade. -- Stock in Trade eaten up by Partner. -- A Shrewd Dealer destroys the Business. -- Trading Exchange. -- Excitement in the Issue of Rations. -- A Starving Man killed. -- His Murderer let off easy through Bribery. -- Considerable Money in the Camp. -- Tricks upon Rebel Traders in Prison. -- Counterfeit or Altered Money disposed of. -- CHAPTER VI. -- Rations decreased,and worse in Quality. -- Crowded Condition of the Prison. -- Heavy Rains and Increased Sickness. -- Much Filth and Misery. -- Hunger a Demoralizer. -- Plots exposed for Extra Rations. -- Difficulties of Tunnelling. -- A Breath of Outside Air and New Life. -- An Escape under Pretext of getting Wood. -- Captured by Bloodhounds after a Short Flight. -- Something learned by the Adventure.

A Successful Escape believed to be possible. -- Preparations for one. -- Maps and Plans made. -- A New Tunnelling Operation from a Well. -- The Tunnel a Success. -- The Outer Opening near a Rebel Camp Fire. -- Escape of a Party of Twenty. -- Division into Smaller Parties. -- Plans of Travel. -- Bloodhounds on the Path. -- The Scent lost in the Water. -- Various Adventures. -- Short of Provisions. -- Killing of a Heifer. -- Aided by a Negro. -- Bloodhounds again. -- Temporary Escape. -- Fight with the Bloodhounds. -- Recapture. -- Attempted Strategy. -- The Pay for catching Prisoners. -- Reception by Wirz. -- Improvement by the Expedition. -- Some of the Party never heard from. -- Notoriety by the Flight. -- CHAPTER VII. -- Increase of Prisoners,generally destitute. -- Greater Suffering from no previous Preparation. -- Sad Cases of Deaths. -- Rations growing worse. -- Bad Cooking and Mixtures of Food. -- Almost untold Misery. -- Dying amid Filth and Wretchedness. -- Preparing Bodies for Burial. -- Horrible and Disgusting Scenes. -- Increased Mortality. -- Rebel Surgeons alarmed for their own Safety. -- Sanitary Measures undertaken. -- Soon abandoned. -- Scanty Supply of Medicines. -- Advantages of a Shower-bath. -- Gathering up the Dead. -- Strategy to get outside the Prison as Stretcher-bearers. -- Betrayal by supposed Spies. -- Horrors at the Prison Gate in the Distribution of Medicines. -- The Sick and Dying crowded and trampled upon. -- Hundreds died uncared for. -- Brutality in carrying away the Dead. -- The same Carts used for the Dead Bodies and in carrying Food to the Prison. -- CHAPTER VIII. -- Robberies in Prison. -- Means taken to punish such Acts. -- A Character. -- Big Peter, a Canadian. -- His Administration of Justice on Offenders. -- Becomes a Ruling Power. -- Missing Men and Rebel Vengeance.

Murders of Prisoners by Thieves. -- A Police Force organized. -- Courts established. -- Trials of accused Murderers.-Conviction and Execution.-The Gang of Murderers, -- Conviction and Execution. -- The Gang of Murderers, Thieves,and Bounty Jumpers broken up. -- A Slight Tribute to Wirz, as only the Tool of Others -- Character of the Prison Police. -- Not all Good Effects. -- A Terror to the Good as well as Bad. -- Sometimes the Instruments of Rebels. -- CHAPTER IX. -- Negro Prisoners. -- Barbarous Amputations. -- None but the Wounded made Prisoners. -- Their cleanly Habits. -- Treatment. -- Major Bogle. -- Bad Treatment of him as an Officer of Negro Troops. -- A Misunderstanding. -- Andersonville a Prison for Privates,and not Officers. -- A great Project to break from Prison. -- Two Thousand engaged in it. -- The Project betrayed when nearly completed. -- Despondency at the Result. -- Courage renewed providentially. -- Addition to the Stockade. -- Much short Comfort from the Enlargement. -- A new Stock of Fuel soon exhausted. -- Dishonorable Offers to Prisoners generally spurned by starving Men. -- Fidelity under extraordinary Circumstances. -- Instances cited. -- Heroic Men. -- These also spurned. -- Various Evidences of Devotion to Country. -- CHAPTER X. -- Exchange on the Brain. -- Rumors of Sherman 's Movements. -- Great Expectations and sad Results. -- Fearful Mortality. -- Hot Sun and powerful Rains. -- Stockade swept away. -- A Spring of pure Water. -- A new Tunnelling Operation nearly fatal to its Projectors. -- Rebel Aid for once welcomed. -- Construction of rude Barracks. -- Prospects of Winter in Prison not encouraging. -- Weary, miserable Days. -- Increased Sickness and Mortality. -- Contrast of Loyal Blacks with Disloyal Whites. -- Another Tunnelling Operation betrayed for Tobacco. -- The Betrayer punished.

Believed to be a Spy.