| Portrait of the Soldier-author | Frontispiece |
| Birth-place of Willard Glazier | 26 |
| The First Battle | 32 |
| Race with the Schoolmaster | 44 |
| Tragic Experience with an Ox-Team | 80 |
| The Young Trapper of the Oswegatchie | 90 |
| Gouverneur Wesleyan Seminary | 102 |
| Old State Normal School | 110 |
| A Cavalry Column on the March | 118 |
| Night Attack on Falmouth Heights | 126 |
| Federal Canteens for Confederate Tobacco | 130 |
| Burial of Captain Walters at Midnight, during Pope's retreat | 134 |
| Sergeant Glazier at Aldie | 146 |
| Lieutenant Glazier at Brandy Station | 156 |
| Cavalry Fight at New Baltimore—Lieutenant Glazier taken Prisoner | 160 |
| Libby Prison | 166 |
| The Hole in the Floor | 192 |
| Tunneling—the Narrow Path To Freedom | 198 |
| Charleston Jail—Charleston, South Carolina | 206 |
| The Escape From Columbia—Crossing the Dead-Line | 216 |
| The Escape—Fed by Negroes in a Swamp | 220 |
| The Pursuit of Knowledge under Difficulties | 224 |
| Uncle Zeb's Prayer | 232 |
| The Escape—Crossing the Savannah at Midnight | 246 |
| A Mutual Surprise | 258 |
| Recaptured by a Confederate Outpost | 266 |
| The Escape and Pursuit | 270 |
| The Escape From Sylvania, Georgia—Running the Guard | 276 |
| Interview With Joel Munsell | 306 |
| Cavalry Foraging-Party Returning To Camp | 312 |
| A Cavalry Bivouac | 319 |
| Battle of Gettysburg | 332 |
| Captain Glazier at Tremont Temple—Boston | 364 |
| Boston to Brighton—First Day of The Journey | 376 |
| A Night among Wolves | 406 |
| Captured by Indians, near Skull Rocks, Wyoming | 412 |
| Pursued by Arrapahoes | 418 |
| Riding into the Pacific, near the Cliff House—San Francisco | 428 |
| Map of the Headwaters of the Mississippi | 437 |
| Captain Glazier Embarking for the Headwaters of the Mississippi | 454 |
| Camp Among the Pines | 458 |
| Making a Portage | 462 |
| Map of Lake Glazier | 464 |
| Lake Glazier—Source of the Mississippi | 468 |
| Running Rapids on the Upper Mississippi |
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