Lights and Shadows in Confederate Prisons / A Personal Experience, 1864-5

CONTENTS

PAGE
Preface	v
CHAPTER I
The First, or Forenoon, Battle of Winchester, Indecisive—Sheridan's and Early's Mistakes—The Capture	1
CHAPTER II
At Winchester—On the Road thence to Tom's Brook, New Market, and Staunton	17
CHAPTER III
At Staunton—Thence to Waynesboro, Meacham's, and Richmond	32
CHAPTER IV
At Libby—Thence to Clover, Danville, Greensboro, and Salisbury—Effort to Pledge us not to Attempt Escape	43
CHAPTER V
At Salisbury—Great Plot to Escape—How Frustrated	60
CHAPTER VI
From Salisbury to Danville—The Forlorn Situation—Effort to "Extract Sunshine from Cucumbers"—The Vermin—The Prison Commandant a Yale Man—Proposed Theatricals—Rules Adopted—Studies—Vote in Prison for Lincoln and McClellan—Killing Time	77
CHAPTER VII
Exact Record of Rations in Danville—Opportunity to Cook—Daily Routine of Proceedings from Early Dawn till Late at Night	93
CHAPTER VIII
Continual Hope of Exchange of Prisoners—"Flag-of-Truce Fever!"—Attempted Escape by Tunneling—Repeated Escapes by Members of Water Parties, and how we Made the Roll-Call Sergeant's Count Come Out all Right every Time—Plot to Break Out by Violence, and its Tragic End	106
CHAPTER IX
Kind Clergymen Visit us and Preach Excellent Discourses—Colonel Smith's Personal Good Will to me—His Offer—John F. Ficklin's Charity—My Good Fortune—Supplies of Clothing Distributed—Deaths in Prison	120
CHAPTER X
Results and Reflections—The Right and the Wrong of it All	138
Appendix	153
Index	157

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