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| Old Capitol Prison | [[Frontispiece]] |
| Exemption Certificate | [ 16] |
| Pass Through Confederate Lines | [ 17] |
| Carroll Prison (Duff Green’s Row) | [ 21] |
| Arch Window in Room No. 16 | [ 24] |
| Colonel William P. Wood, Superintendent | [ 33] |
| James J. Williamson | [ 39] |
| Stove in Room No. 16 | [ 55] |
| Map of James River, from Fortress Monroe to Richmond | [ 93] |
| John H. Barnes | [ 96] |
| Lieutenant Albert Wrenn | [ 99] |
| Colonel John S. Mosby | [ 106] |
| Lieutenant Frank Fox | [ 109] |
| Brigadier-General Edwin H. Stoughton | [ 116] |
| Certificate of Membership | [ 118] |
| Major Henry Wirz | [ 133] |
| Rev. F. E. Boyle | [ 140] |
| Rev. Bernardin F. Wiget, S. J. | [ 143] |
| Gunnell House (General Stoughton’s Headquarters) | [ 155] |
CONTENTS
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Introductory[ 11]
Maryland My Native State—Baltimore My Home—Outbreak of Civil War—Leave Sick-bed and Start for Seat of War—Wrecked on Railroad—Gala Days in Richmond—Running the Blockade.
Prison Life in the Old Capitol[ 19]
My Arrest and Imprisonment—Description and History of the Old Capitol—Iron-clad Oath.
Diary Kept During My Imprisonment: Daily Routine—Men I Met There—Stories I Heard There and General Features of Prison Life—Rations, Recreations and Rules—How We Passed Our Time—Fresh Fish—Paroles—Superintendent Wood—Sundays in Prison—Belle Boyd—Gus Williams—Shooting of Prisoners—An Old Schoolmate—Blockade Runners—Outrages on Citizens—Spies and Detectives—Old Men, Women and Children Imprisoned—Western Prisoners—Escape of Prisoners—Overcrowded, Vermin and Smallpox.
Off for Dixie[89]
From Old Capitol to Parole Camp to Await Exchange—Down the Potomac on Flag-of-Truce Boat to Fortress Monroe—Wrecks of United States Warships Sunk in Fight With Confederate Iron-clad Virginia (Merrimac)—Steaming Up James River—Jamestown—Westover, Residence of Colonel William Byrd—City Point as it then Looked—From City Point to Petersburg and Model Farm Barracks, Parole Camp.