| PAGE |
| Preface | [v] |
| CHAPTER I |
| The First, or Forenoon, Battle of Winchester, Indecisive—Sheridan'sand Early's Mistakes—The Capture | [1] |
| CHAPTER II |
| At Winchester—On the Road thence to Tom's Brook, New Market, andStaunton | [17] |
| CHAPTER III |
| At Staunton—Thence to Waynesboro, Meacham's, and Richmond | [32] |
| CHAPTER IV |
| At Libby—Thence to Clover, Danville, Greensboro, andSalisbury—Effort to Pledge us not to Attempt Escape | [43] |
| CHAPTER V |
| At Salisbury—Great Plot to Escape—How Frustrated | [60] |
| CHAPTER VI |
| From Salisbury to Danville—The Forlorn Situation—Effort to"Extract Sunshine from Cucumbers"—The Vermin—The PrisonCommandant a Yale Man—Proposed Theatricals—RulesAdopted—Studies—Vote in Prison for Lincoln andMcClellan—Killing Time | [77] |
| CHAPTER VII |
| Exact Record of Rations in Danville—Opportunity to Cook—DailyRoutine of Proceedings from Early Dawn till Late at Night | [93] |
| CHAPTER VIII |
| Continual Hope of Exchange of Prisoners—"Flag-of-TruceFever!"—Attempted Escape by Tunneling—Repeated Escapes byMembers of Water Parties, and how we Made the Roll-CallSergeant's Count Come Out all Right every Time—Plot to BreakOut by Violence, and its Tragic End | [106] |
| CHAPTER IX |
| Kind Clergymen Visit us and Preach Excellent Discourses—ColonelSmith's Personal Good Will to me—His Offer—John F. Ficklin'sCharity—My Good Fortune—Supplies of ClothingDistributed—Deaths in Prison | [120] |
| CHAPTER X |
| Results and Reflections—The Right and the Wrong of it All | [138] |
| Appendix | [153] |
| Index | [157] |