To

CLARKSON N. POTTER,

FOR HIS GENEROSITY AND GREAT FAITHFULNESS TO ME,

AND TO EVERY SOLDIER WITH WHOM HE HAS BEEN IN ANY WAY CONNECTED

DURING THE PAST WAR,

THIS WORK IS GRATEFULLY DEDICATED.

CONTENTS.

PAGE
I.—The Transport[7]
II.—The Pay-master[25]
III.—The Wild Texans[37]
IV.—The March[57]
V.—The Prairies[71]
VI.—Camp Groce[94]
VII.—Tea[119]
VIII.—Camp Ford[132]
IX.—A Dinner[150]
X.—Escape[171]
XI.—Exchange[193]

PRISON CAMPS.