| PAGE |
| Apology | 17 |
| FILE I |
| The Harry Gilmor Sword—General Wallace's Comments | 21 |
| FILE II |
| 1861-1862 New York Harbor—Fort Schuyler—Fort Marshal—Aunt Mag | 25 |
| FILE III |
| 1862-1863 Fort McHenry—General Morris—Colonel Peter A. Porter— Harper's Ferry—Halltown—Trip to Johnson's Island—Lieutenant-General Pemberton and other Confederate Officers—Ohio Copperheads—Incident of York, Pa., Copperheads—Dramatic incident on July 4th, 1863, at Fort McHenry | 30 |
| FILE IV |
| A taste of the Draft Riots, July 13th, 1863, when conveying wounded Confederates from Gettysburg to David's Island, New York Harbor— Governor Seymour's questionable conduct—A mysterious Mr. Andrews of Virginia—"Knights of the Golden Circle"—"Sons of Liberty" and a North Western Confederacy—Uncle Burdette—The Laurel incident | 37 |
| FILE V |
| Appointed Assistant Provost Marshal at Fort McHenry, where I began my first experience in detective work—Somewhat a history of my early life—Ordered to execute Gordon by shooting | 50 |
| FILE VI |
| Detective work required an extension of territory—A flattering endorsement by Colonel Porter—Introducing Christian Emmerich and incidentally Charles E. Langley, a noted Confederate spy | 57 |
| FILE VII |
| Investigator's education—I branded E.W. Andrews, adjutant-general to General Morris, a traitor to the Colors | 63 |
| FILE VIII |
| Initial trip down Chesapeake Bay after blockade runners and contraband dealers and goods, incidentally introducing Terrence R. Quinn, George G. Nellis and E.W. Andrews, Jr.—A description of a storm on the Chesapeake | 66 |
| FILE IX |
| General Wallace assumes command of the Middle Department—General Schenck's comments on Maryland—Colonel Woolley | 79 |
| FILE X |
| Here begins my service as an Assistant Provost Marshal of the Department and Chief of the Secret Service—Confederate General Winder's detectives—E.H. Smith, special officer, War Department —Mrs. Mary E. Sawyer, Confederate mail carrier—W.V. Kremer's report on the "Disloyals" north of Baltimore | 83 |
| FILE XI |
| Mrs. Key Howard, a lineal descendant of the author of "The Star Spangled Banner," forgetting her honor, prepared to carry a Confederate mail to "Dixie"—Miss Martha Dungan—Trip on the steam tug "Ella"—Schooner "W.H. Travers" and cargo captured—James A. Winn, a spy—Trip to Frederick, Maryland | 92 |
| FILE XII |
| F.M. Ellis, Chief Detective U.S. Sanitary Commission—Arrest of W.W. Shore, of the New York "World"—John Gillock from Richmond | 100 |
| FILE XIII |
| Ordered to seize all copies of the New York "World," bringing in one of the great war episodes, the Bogus Presidential Proclamation— Governor Seymour's queer vigor appears | 103 |
| FILE XIV |
| Arrest of F.W. Farlin and A.H. Covert—The Pulpit not loyal, reports on Rev. Mr. Harrison and Rev. Mr. Poisal—Comical reports on a religious conference and a camp meeting—Seizure of Kelly & Piet store with its contraband kindergarten contents—Sloop "R.B. Tennis" one of my fleet, and an account of a capture of tobacco, etc.—Arrest of Frederick Smith, Powell Harrison and Robert Alexander—Harry Brogden | 109 |
| FILE XV |
| General pass for Schooner "W.H. Travers"—Trip down the Bay after blockade runners and mail carriers—Gillock and Lewis, two of my officers captured by Union pickets—Commodore Foxhall A. Parker— Potomac flotilla—Arrest of J.B. McWilliams—My watch gone
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