CHAPT X. THE CONFEDERACY AS SEEN FROM WITHIN. PRIDE, PASSION, AND WANT IN THE BACKGROUND.
Suffering in the South During the War, Related by Those who were Behind the Scenes—Fair Outside Show Kept Up—Going Sixty Miles for One Wagon-load of Provisions—Twenty-Five Boxes of Tobacco for One Bag of Coffee—Gambling Saloons in Richmond—By whom Frequented, and why—Fortune Made on Pins and Needles—Dogs and Cats at a Premium—Party Antagonisms—Congressman Shot Dead on Floor of House, in Richmond—Jealousies About Appointments—Terrible Condition of Currency—Five Dollars for a "Drink," and Ten for a Breakfast, at "Ballard House," Richmond
CHAPT XI. HOW ORDER WAS MAINTAINED. KINDNESS AND POWER (HAND-IN-HAND) BEHIND THE SCENES.
Alexandria, Va., Before and During the War—Its Capture, and the Consequences—Military Governor and Provost-Court—The Organization and Business of the Court—Trial of a Secessionist for Assault upon a Union Man—Fined Five Hundred Dollars—Appeal to General McClellan—Remedy Complete—No Similar Cases Afterwards
CHAPT XII. JUDGE FREESE'S "BAYONET COURT." OTHER POWERS, AND HOW EXERCISED.
Reports in Northern Journals about Court—Nothing for Show, All for Necessity—Threats of Assassination—Insults to Officers and Sentinels—How Remedied—Arrest of Episcopal Clergyman—Conscience not to be Interfered with—Attempt to Burn Church—How Prevented—Terrible Cruelty to Slaves—Parties Arrested and Tried—Sentence, and its Effect upon the Community—Power of Court Recognized—No like Cases after that
CHAPT XIII. LOYALTY versus DISLOYALTY. PREJUDICE AND SELF-INTEREST PROMPTING THE ACTORS.
The Different Definitions given to the word Loyalty—A Third Class Professing Loyalty to Both, but Loyal to Neither—Aptly Portrayed by Macaulay—Cases before the Provost-Court—Mr. E. for Giving "Aid and Comfort" to the Enemy—Sentence—Concerts by Hutchinson Family—Forbid by General McClellan—Sustained by Judge Freese—Great Excitement—The Court Sustained—Loyalty Triumphant
CHAPT XIV. DISLOYALTY AS AFFECTING THE RIGHTS OF PROPERTY. ERROR AND PREJUDICE PROMPTING THE ACTORS.
New Class of Cases before the Court—Abandoned Property—How Regarded by Union Men and Secessionists—General Montgomery and Judge Freese's Views on this Question—Attempt to Take a Piano—Amicable Trial of the Case—Decision of the Court—Confiscation and Sequestration Acts, How Construed by the Court—Happy Termination of Case and End of like Troubles