Sunday at Niagara Falls.—View from the Suspension
Bridge.—The Palace of the Frost King.—Chicago,
a City Rising from the Earth.—Mysteries of Western
Currency.—A Horrible Spectacle in Arkansas.—Patriotism
of the Northwest.—Missouri.—The Rebels bent on
Revolution.—Nathaniel Lyon.—Camp Jackson.—Sterling
Price Joins the Rebels.—His Quarrel with Frank Blair.—His
Personal Character.—St. Louis in a Convulsion.—A
Nashville Experience.—Bitterness of Old Neighbors.—Good
Soldiers for Scaling Walls.—Wholesome Advice to Missouri
Slaveholders
Cairo, Illinois.—A Visit from General
McClellan.—A little Speech-making.—Penalty of
Writing for The Tribune.—A Unionist
Aided to Escape from Memphis by a Loyal Girl.—The
Fascinations of Cairo.—The Death of Douglas.—A
Clear-headed Contraband.—A Review of the
Troops.—"Not a Fighting Nigger, but a Running
Nigger."—Capture of a Rebel Flag
Missouri Again.—The Retributions of Time.—A
Railroad Reminiscence.—Jefferson City.—A Fugitive
Governor.—"Black Republicanism."—Belligerent
Chaplain.—A Rebel Newspaper Converted by the Iowa
Soldiers.—Two Camp Stories of the Marvelous
Chicago.—Corn, not Cotton, is King.—Curious
Reminiscences of the City.—A Visit to the Grave of
Douglas.—Patriotism of the Northwestern Germans.—Their
Social Habits.—Cincinnati in the Early Days.—A
City Founded by a Woman.—The Aspirations of the
Cincinnatian.—Kentucky.—Treason and Loyalty in
Louisville.—A Visit to George D. Prentice.—The
first Union Troops of Kentucky.— Struggle in the Kentucky
Legislature.—What the Rebel Leaders Want.—Rousseau's
Visit to Washington.—His Interview with President
Lincoln.—Timidity of the Kentucky Unionists.—Loyalty of
Judge Lusk.
Western Virginia.—Campaigning in the Kanawha Valley.—A
Bloodthirsty Female Rebel.—A Soldier Proves to be a Woman
in Disguise.—Extravagant Joy of the Negroes.—How the
Soldiers Foraged.—The Falls of the Kanawha.—A Tragedy
of Slavery.—St. Louis.—The Future of the City.—A
disgusted Rebel Editor.
The Battle of Wilson Creek.—Daring Exploit of a
Kansas Officer.—Death of Lyon.—His Courage and
Patriotism.—Arrival of General Fremont.—Union Families
Driven Out.—An Involuntary Sojourn in Rebel Camps.—A
Startling Confederate Atrocity.
Jefferson City, Missouri.—Fremont's Army.—Organization
of the Bohemian Brigade.—An Amusing Inquiry.—Diversions
of the Correspondents.—A Polite Army Chaplain.—Sights
in Jefferson City.—"Fights mit Sigel."—Fremont's
Head-Quarters.—Appearance of the General.—Mrs.
Fremont.—Sigel, Hunter, Pope, Asboth, McKinstry.—Sigel's
Transportation Train.—A Countryman's Estimate of Troops.
A Kid-gloved Corps.—Charge of Fremont's Body-guard.—Major
White.—Turning the Tables.—Welcome from
the Union Residents of Springfield.—Freaks of
the Kansas Brigade.—A Visit to the Wilson-Creek
Battle-Ground.—"Missing."—Graves Opened by
Wolves.—Capture of a Female Spy.—Fremont's Farewell to
His Army.—Dissatisfaction Among the Soldiers.—Spurious
Missouri Unionists.—The Conduct of Secretary Cameron and
Adjutant-General Thomas.
Rebel Guerrillas Outwitted.—Expedition to Fort
Henry.—Scenes in the Captured Fort.—Commodore Foote in
the Pulpit.—Capture of Fort Donelson.—Scenes in Columbus,
Kentucky.—A Curious Anti-Climax.—Hospital Scenes.
Down the Mississippi.—Bombardment of Island Number
Ten.—Sensations under Fire.—Flanking the
Island.—Daily Life on a Gunboat.—Triumph of Engineering
Skill.—The Surrender.
The Battle of Shiloh.—With the Sanitary Commission.—A
Union Orator in Rebel Hands.—Grant and Sherman
in Battle.—Hair-breadth 'Scapes.—General
Sweeney.—Arrival of Buell's Army.—The Final
Struggle.—Losses of the Two Armies.
An Interview with General Sherman.—His Complaints about the
Press.—Sherman's Personal Appearance.—Humors of the
Telegraph.—Our Advance upon Corinth.—Weaknesses of Sundry
Generals.—"Ten Thousand Prisoners Taken."—Halleck's
Faux Pas at Corinth.—Out on the Front.—Among the
Sharp-shooters.—Halleck and the War Correspondents.
Bloodthirstiness of Rebel Women.—The Battle of
Memphis.—Gallant Exploit of the Rams.—A Sailor on a
Lark.—Appearance of the Captured City.—The Jews in
Memphis.—A Rebel Paper Supervised.—"A Dam Black-harted
Ablichiness."—Challenge from a Southern Woman.—Valuable
Currency.—A Rebel Trick.—One of Sherman's
Jokes.—Fictitious Battle Reports.—Curtis's March through
Arkansas.—The Siege of Cincinnati.
With the Army of the Potomac.—On the War-Path.—A Duel in
Arizona.—How Correspondents Avoided Expulsion.—Shameful
Surrender of Harper's Ferry.—General Hooker at
Antietam.—"Stormed at with Shot and Shell."—A Night Among
the Pickets.—The Battlefield.
The Day after the Battle.—Among the Dead.—Lee Permitted
to Escape.—The John Brown Engine-House.—President Lincoln
Reviewing the Army.—Dodging Cannon Balls.—"An Intelligent
Contraband."—Harper's Ferry.—Curiosities of the Signal
Corps.—View from Maryland Hights.
Marching Southward.—Rebel Girl with Sharp Tongue.—A
Slight Mistake.—Removal of General McClellan.—Familiarity
of the Pickets.—The Life of an Army Correspondent.—A
Negro's Idea of Freedom.—The Battle of Fredericksburg.—A
Telegraphic Blunder.—The Batteries at Fredericksburg.—A
Disappointed Virginian.—The Spirit of the Army under Defeat.
Reminiscences of President Lincoln.—His Great Canvass with
Douglas.—His Visit to Kansas.—His Manner of Public
Speaking.—High Praise from an Opponent.—A Deed
without a Name.—Sherman's Quarrel with the Press.—An
Army Correspondent Court-Martialed.—A Visit to President
Lincoln.—Two of his "Little Stories."—His familiar
Conversation.—Opinions about McClellan and Vicksburg.—Our
best Contribution to History.
Reminiscences of General Sumner.—His Conduct in
Kansas.—A Thrilling Scene in Battle.—How
Sumner Fought.—Ordered Back by McClellan.—Love
for his Old Comrades.—Traveling Through
the Northwest.—A Visit to Rosecrans's
Army.—Rosecrans in a Great Battle.—A Scene in
Memphis.
Running the Vicksburg Batteries.—Expedition
Badly Fitted Out.—"Into the Jaws of
Death."—A Moment of Suspense.—Disabled
and Drifting Helplessly.—Bombarding,
Scalding, Burning, Drowning.—Taking to a Hay
Bale.—Overturned.—Rescued from the
River.—The Killed, Wounded, and Missing.
Standing by Our Colors.—Confinement in the Vicksburg
Jail.—Sympathizing Sambo.—Parolled to Return
Home.—Turning the Tables.—Visit from Many
Rebels.—Interview with Jacob Thompson.—Arrival
in Jackson, Mississippi.—Kindness of Southern Rebels.—A
Project for Escape.
A Word with a Union Woman.—Grierson's Great
Raid.—Stumping the State.—An Enraged Texan
Officer.—Waggery of a Captured Journalist.—The
Alabama River.—Atlanta Editors Advocate Hanging the
Prisoners.—Renegade Vermonters.
Arrival in Richmond.—Lodged in Libby
Prison.—Sufferings from Vermin.—Prisoners
Denounced as Blasphemous.—Thieving of
a Virginia Gentleman.—Brutality of
Captain Turner.—Prisoners Murdered by the
Guards.—Fourth of July Celebration.—The Horrors
of Belle Isle.
The Captains Ordered Below.—Two Selected
for Execution.—The Gloomiest Night in
Prison.—Glorious Revulsion of Feeling.—Exciting
Discussion in Prison.—Stealing Money from the
Captives.—Horrible Treatment of Northern
Citizens.—Extravagant Rumors among the Prisoners.
Transferred to Castle Thunder.—Better than the
Libby.—Determined Not to Die.—A Negro
Cruelly Whipped.—The Execution of Spencer
Kellogg.—Steadfastness of Southern Unionists.
A Waggish Journalist.—Proceedings of a Mock
Court.—Escape by Killing a Guard.—Escape
by Playing Negro.—Escape by Forging a
Release.—Escaped Prisoner at Jeff Davis's Levee.
Assistance from a Negro Boy.—The Prison
Officers Enraged.—Visit from a Friendly
Woman.—Shut up in a Cell.—Stealing from
Flag-of-Truce Letters.—Parols Repudiated
by the Rebels.—Sentenced to the Salisbury
Prison.—Abolitionists before the War.