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Struggle in the Kentucky Legislature.-What the Rebel Leaders

Want.-Rousseau's Visit to Washington.-His Interview with Presi-

dent Lincoln.-Timidity of the Kentucky Unionists.-Loyalty of

Judge Lusk...
157

Western Virginia.-Campaigning in the Kanawha Valley.-A Blood-

thirsty 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 Fu-

ture of the City.-A disgusted Rebel Editor....
173

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 Bohe-

mian Brigade.-An Amusing Inquiry.-Diversions of the Corres-

pondents.-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, McKins-

try. Sigel's Transportation Train.-A Countryman's Estimate of

A Kid-gloved Corps.-Charge of Fremont's Body-guard.-Major White.

-Turning the Tables.-Welcome from the Union Residents of Spring-

field. 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.
199

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-Cli-

max.-Hospital Scenes..

Down the Mississippi.-Bombardment of Island Number Ten.-Sensa-

tions 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 Ora-

tor 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....

Grant under a Cloud.--He Smokes and Waits.-Military Jealousies.—

The Union and Rebel Wounded.

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 Cap-

tured 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 Arkan-

sas.-The Siege of Cincinnati.
259

With the Army of the Potomac.-On the War-Path.-A Duel in Ari-

zona.-How Correspondents Avoided Expulsion.-Shameful Surren-

der of Harper's Ferry.-General Hooker at Antietam.-"Stormed at

with Shot and Shell."-A Night Among the Pickets.-The Battle-

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 Mary-

Marching Southward.-Rebel Girl with Sharp Tongue -A Slight Mis-

take.-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 Bat-

teries at Fredericksburg.-A Disappointed Virginian.-The Spirit of

the Army under Defeat....
299

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 famil-

iar Conversation.-Opinions about McClellan and Vicksburg.-Our

best Contribution to History...

Reminiscences of General Sumner.-His Conduct in Kansas.-A Thril-

ling Scene in Battle.-How Sumner Fought.-Ordered Back by Mc-

Clellan.-Love for his Old Comrades.-Traveling Through the North-

west.-A Visit to Rosecrans's Army.-Rosecrans in a Great Battle.-

A Scene in Memphis....

III. THE DUNGEON.

CHAPTER XXVIII.

Running the Vicksburg Batteries.-Expedition Badly Fitted Out.-
"Into the Jaws of Death."-A Moment of Suspense.-Disabled and

1 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.-Sympa-

thizing Sambo.-Paroled 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...
347

A Word with a Union Woman.-Grierson's Great Raid.-Stumping the

State.-An Enraged Texan Officer.-Waggery of a Captured Journal-

ist. The Alabama River.-Atlanta Editors Advocate Hanging the

Prisoners.-Renegade Vermonters.

Arrival in Richmond.-Lodged in Libby Prison.-Sufferings from Ver-

min.-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

The Captains Ordered Below.-Two Selected for Execution.-The

Gloomiest Night in Prison.-Glorious Revulsion of Feeling.-Excit-

ing Discussion in Prison.-Stealing Money from the Captives.-Hor-

rible Treatment of Northern Citizens.-Extravagant Rumors among

the Prisoners....

CHAPTER XXXIII.

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 Kill-

ing a Guard.-Escape by Playing Negro.-Escape by Forging a Re-

lease.-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............

The Open Air and Pure Water.-The Crushing Weight of Imprison、

ment.-Bad News from Home.-The Great Libby Tunnel.-Escape

of Colonel Streight.-Horrible Sufferings of Union Officers.-A Cool

Method of Escape.-Captured through the Obstinacy of a Mule.—

Concealing Money when Searched.-Attempts to Escape Frustrated.

-Yankee Deserters Whipped and Hanged....

CHAPTER XXXVII.

Great Influx of Prisoners.-Starving in the Midst of Food.-Freezing in

the Midst of Fuel.-Rebel Surgeons Generally Humane.-Terrible

Scenes in the Hospitals.-The Rattling Dead-Cart.—Cruelty of our

Government.-General Butler's Example of Retaliation........ 411

CHAPTER XXXVIII.

Attempted Cutbreak and Massacre.-Cold-blooded Murders Frequent.-

Hostility to The Tribune Correspondents.--A Cruel Injustice.-Rebel

Expectations of Peace.-The Prison Like the Tomb.-Something

about Tunneling.-The Tunnelers Ingeniously Baffled.......... 419

IV. THE ESCAPE.

Fifteen Months of Fruitless Endeavor.-A Fearful Journey in Prospect.

-A Friendly Confederate Officer.-Effects of Hunger and Cold.-

Another Plan in Reserve.-Passing the Sentinel.-"Beg Pardon,

Sir."-Encountering Rebel Acquaintances..
... 427

"Out of the Jaws of Death."-Concealed in Sight of the Prison.-Cer-

tain to be Brought Back.-Commencing the Long Journey.-Too

Weak for Traveling.-Severe March in the Rain.

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