| Portrait of the Soldier-author | [Frontispiece] |
| Birth-place of Willard Glazier | [26] |
| The First Battle | [32] |
| Race with the Schoolmaster | [44] |
| Tragic Experience with an Ox-Team | [80] |
| The Young Trapper of the Oswegatchie | [90] |
| Gouverneur Wesleyan Seminary | [102] |
| Old State Normal School | [110] |
| A Cavalry Column on the March | [118] |
| Night Attack on Falmouth Heights | [126] |
| Federal Canteens for Confederate Tobacco | [130] |
| Burial of Captain Walters at Midnight, during Pope's retreat | [134] |
| Sergeant Glazier at Aldie | [146] |
| Lieutenant Glazier at Brandy Station | [156] |
| Cavalry Fight at New Baltimore—Lieutenant Glazier taken Prisoner | [160] |
| Libby Prison | [166] |
| The Hole in the Floor | [192] |
| Tunneling—the Narrow Path To Freedom | [198] |
| Charleston Jail—Charleston, South Carolina | [206] |
| The Escape From Columbia—Crossing the Dead-Line | [216] |
| The Escape—Fed by Negroes in a Swamp | [220] |
| The Pursuit of Knowledge under Difficulties | [224] |
| Uncle Zeb's Prayer | [232] |
| The Escape—Crossing the Savannah at Midnight | [246] |
| A Mutual Surprise | [258] |
| Recaptured by a Confederate Outpost | [266] |
| The Escape and Pursuit | [270] |
| The Escape From Sylvania, Georgia—Running the Guard | [276] |
| Interview With Joel Munsell | [306] |
| Cavalry Foraging-Party Returning To Camp | [312] |
| A Cavalry Bivouac | [319] |
| Battle of Gettysburg | [332] |
| Captain Glazier at Tremont Temple—Boston | [364] |
| Boston to Brighton—First Day of The Journey | [376] |
| A Night among Wolves | [406] |
| Captured by Indians, near Skull Rocks, Wyoming | [412] |
| Pursued by Arrapahoes | [418] |
| Riding into the Pacific, near the Cliff House—San Francisco | [428] |
| Map of the Headwaters of the Mississippi | [437] |
| Captain Glazier Embarking for the Headwaters of the Mississippi | [454] |
| Camp Among the Pines | [458] |
| Making a Portage | [462] |
| Map of Lake Glazier | [464] |
| Lake Glazier—Source of the Mississippi | [468] |
| Running Rapids on the Upper Mississippi | [478] |