Transcriber's Note: This book did not have the frontispiece.

1. Portrait—Joseph T. Wilson Frontispiece.
2. Death of Crispus Attucks Face Page 26
3. Battle of Bunker Hill 34
4. On Picket 52
5. Naval Battle 77
6. Unshackled 90
7. Portrait—Robert Smalls 96
8. "—William Morrison 96
9. "—A. Gradine 96
10. "—John Smalls 96
11. Quarters for Contrabands 103
12. Driving Government Cattle 104
13. Scene in and Near a Recruiting Office 110
14. Teamster of the Army 112
15. Headquarters of Superintendent of the Poor 116
16. Provost Guard Securing Conscripts 123
17. New Recruits Taking Cars 126
18. Scene at New Berne, N. C. 134
19. Mustering Into Service 138
20. Organizing and Drilling 142
21. Fortifications at Hilton Head 148
22. Building Roads 154
23. Off For the War 160
24. Portrait—Major Martin R. Delaney 166
25. Portrait—Capt. O. S. B. Wall 172
26. Portrait—Capt. P. B. S. Pinchback. 176
27. "—Lt. James M. Trotter 176
28. "—Surgeon A. T. Augusta 176
29. "—Lt. W. H. Dupree. 176
30. Portrait—Serg't W. H. Carney 180
31. Washing In Camp 184
32. Cooking in Camp 191
33. Point Isabel, Texas 199
34. The Recruiting Office 200
35. Battle of Milliken's Bend 204
36. Unloading Government Stores 211
37. Charge of the Phalanx at Port Hudson 214
38. Presentation of Colors (1) 223
39. Repelling an Attack 231
40. Cavalry Bringing in Prisoners 236
41. Capturing Battery of Artillery 242
42. The Wooden Horse 249
43. At Fort Wagner 255
44. Brilliant Charge of the Phalanx 270
45. River Picket Duty 277
46. Changed Conditions 286
47. Serving Refreshments to Union Troops 306
48. Scouting Service 312
49. Fighting Bloodhounds 320
50. Negroes Feeding Escaping Union Prisoners 342
51. Massacre at Fort Pillow 350
52. Phalanx Regiment Receiving Its Flags (2) 377
53. Parade of the 20th Regiment U. S. C. T. in New York 378
54. Scene in the Army of the Potomac 391
55. At Work On River Obstructions 401
56. Phalanx Charge At Petersburg, Va. 402
57. In the Trenches 411
58. Before Petersburg, Burying Dead Under Flag of Truce 425
59. A Government Blacksmith Shop 445
60. General Grant and the Negro Sentinel 446
61. Abraham Lincoln Entering Richmond 452
62. On Duty For the Confederates 484
63. A Confederate Sharpshooter 499
64. "Paying Off" 506