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<div class="figcenter"> <ANTIMG src="images/frontis.jpg" width-obs="1000" height-obs="1333" alt="Albert D. Richardson" class="epub_only" /> <SPAN href="images/frontis.jpg" target="_blank"> <ANTIMG src="images/frontisthumb.jpg" width-obs="225" height-obs="300" alt="Albert D. Richardson" class="noepub" /></SPAN> <p class="center"><cite>Photo by Brady.</cite><br/>
<cite>Eng<sup>d</sup> by Geo E Perine N.Y.</cite></p>
<p class="caption">Albert D. Richardson</p>
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<p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_1" id="Page_1">[Pg 1]</SPAN></span></p>
<h1> <span class="xs">THE</span><br/><br/> <span class="xl">SECRET SERVICE,</span><br/><br/> <span class="large">THE FIELD, THE DUNGEON,</span><br/><br/> <span class="xxs">AND</span><br/><br/> <span class="large">THE ESCAPE.</span> </h1>
<div class="chapquot">
<div>
<span class="i4">"Wherein I spoke of most disastrous chances,<br/></span>
<span class="i4">Of moving accidents, by flood and field;<br/></span>
<span class="i4">Of hairbreadth 'scapes i' the imminent deadly breach;<br/></span>
<span class="i4">Of being taken by the insolent foe,<br/></span>
<span class="i4">And sold to slavery; of my redemption thence."</span>
<p class="citation">Othello.</p>
</div>
</div>
<p class="center xs"><br/><br/>BY<br/></p>
<p class="center large">ALBERT D. RICHARDSON,</p>
<p class="center xs">TRIBUNE CORRESPONDENT.<br/><br/><br/></p>
<p class="oldenglish">Hartford, Conn.,</p>
<p class="center large">AMERICAN PUBLISHING COMPANY.</p>
<p class="center">JONES BROS. & CO., PHILADELPHIA, PA., AND CINCINNATI, OHIO.</p>
<p class="center">R. C. TREAT, CHICAGO, ILL.</p>
<p class="center">1865.</p>
<p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_2" id="Page_2">[Pg 2]</SPAN></span></p>
<hr class="minor" />
<p class="center">
Entered according to an Act of Congress, in the year 1865,<br/>
<span class="smcap">Albert D. Richardson</span>,<br/>
In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States
for the District<br/>
of Connecticut.</p>
<p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_3" id="Page_3">[Pg 3]</SPAN></span></p>
<hr class="minor" />
<div class="center">
<p>TO</p>
<p class="oldenglish">Her Memory</p>
<p>WHO WAS NEAREST AND DEAREST,</p>
<p>WHOSE LIFE WAS FULL OF BEAUTY AND OF PROMISE,</p>
<p>THIS VOLUME</p>
<p>IS TENDERLY INSCRIBED.</p>
</div>
<hr class="chap" />
<p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_4" id="Page_4">[Pg 4]</SPAN><br/>
<SPAN name="Page_5" id="Page_5">[Pg 5]</SPAN></span></p>
<h3 class="oldenglish">List of Illustrations.</h3>
<ul>
<li>
<span class="pagenum">Facing Title-page.</span>
<SPAN href="#authorpic">I.—<span class="smcap">Portrait of the Author</span></SPAN>
</li>
<li>
<span class="pagenum">Facing page 17</span><br/>
<SPAN href="#War_Correspondents">II.—<span class="smcap">
A Group of Army Correspondents:</span></SPAN>
Portraits of Messrs.<br/>
Charles C. Coffin, Boston <cite>Journal</cite>;<br/>
Junius H. Browne, New York <cite>Tribune</cite>;<br/>
Thomas W. Knox, New York <cite>Herald</cite>;<br/>
Richard T. Colburn, New York <cite>World</cite>;<br/>
L. L. Crounse, New York <cite>Times</cite>;<br/>
William E. Davis, Cincinnati <cite>Gazette</cite>, and<br/>
William D. Bickham, Cincinnati <cite>Commercial</cite>
</li>
<li>
<span class="pagenum">Opposite page 83</span>
<SPAN href="#Mississippi_Convention">
III.—<span class="smcap">The Mississippi Convention
viewed by a Tribune Correspondent</span></SPAN>
</li>
<li>
<span class="pagenum">Opposite page 281</span>
<SPAN href="#General_Hooker">IV.—<span class="smcap">Opening of
the Battle of Antietam.—General Hooker</span></SPAN>
</li>
<li>
<span class="pagenum">page 321</span>
<SPAN href="#lincoln_letter">
V.—<span class="smcap">Facsimile of an Autograph
Letter of President Lincoln</span></SPAN>
</li>
<li>
<span class="pagenum">Opposite page 343</span>
<SPAN href="#capture">VI.—<span class="smcap">The Capture, while running the
Rebel Batteries at Vicksburg</span></SPAN>
</li>
<li>
<span class="pagenum">Opposite page 415</span>
<SPAN href="#hospital">VII.—<span class="smcap">Interior View of a Hospital in
the Salisbury Prison</span></SPAN>
</li>
<li>
<span class="pagenum">Opposite page 419</span>
<SPAN href="#massacre">VIII.—<span class="smcap">The Massacre
of Union Prisoners attempting to Escape from Salisbury, North
Carolina</span></SPAN>
</li>
<li>
<span class="pagenum">Opposite page 441</span>
<SPAN href="#barn">IX.—<span class="smcap">Escaping Prisoners
fed by Negroes in their Master's Barn</span></SPAN>
</li>
<li>
<span class="pagenum">Opposite page 471</span>
<SPAN href="#wading">X.—<span class="smcap">Fording a Stream</span></SPAN>
</li>
<li>
<ins><span class="pagenum">Opposite page 489</span>
<SPAN href="#dan_ellis">XI.—<span class="smcap">Dan Ellis</span></SPAN></ins>
</li>
<li>
<span class="pagenum">Opposite page 501</span>
<SPAN href="#nameless_pilot">XI<ins>I</ins>.—<span class="smcap">"The Nameless
Heroine" piloting the Escaping Prisoners out of a Rebel
Ambush</span></SPAN>
</li>
<li>
<ins><span class="pagenum">Opposite page 512</span>
<SPAN href="#nameless">XIII.—<span class="smcap">"The Nameless
Heroine"</span></SPAN></ins>
</li>
</ul>
<hr class="chap" />
<p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_6" id="Page_6">[Pg 6]</SPAN></span><br/>
<span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_7" id="Page_7">[Pg 7]</SPAN></span></p>
<h3>CONTENTS.</h3>
<hr class="minor" />
<ul>
<li>
<p class="tocchaphead"><SPAN href="#I">I.—THE SECRET SERVICE.</SPAN></p>
<p class="tocchaphead"><SPAN href="#CHAPTER_I">CHAPTER I.</SPAN></p>
<p><span class="pagenum">17</span></p>
<p class="toclist">
Going South in the Secret Service.—Instructions from
the Managing Editor.—A Visit to the Mammoth Cave of
Kentucky.—Nashville, Tennessee.—Alabama
Unionists.—How the State was Precipitated into the
Rebellion.—Reaching Memphis.—Abolitionists Mobbed
and Hanged.—Brutalities of Slavery.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p class="tocchaphead"><SPAN href="#CHAPTER_II">CHAPTER II.</SPAN></p>
<p><span class="pagenum">31</span></p>
<p class="toclist">
In Memphis.—How the Secessionists Carried the
Day.—Aims of the Leading Rebels.—On the
Railroad.—A Northerner Warned.—An Amusing
Dialogue.—Talk about Assassinating President
Lincoln.—Arrival in New Orleans.—Hospitality
from a Stranger.—An Ovation to General
Twiggs.—Braxton Bragg.—The Rebels Anxious for
War.—A Glance at the Louisiana Convention.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p class="tocchaphead"><SPAN href="#CHAPTER_III">CHAPTER III.</SPAN></p>
<p><span class="pagenum">43</span></p>
<p class="toclist">
Association with Leading Secessionists.—Their Hatred of
New England.—Admission to the Democratic Club.—Abuse
of President Lincoln.—Sinking Buildings, Cellars and Walls
Impossible.—Cemeteries above Ground.—Monument of a
Pirate.—Canal Street.—The Great French
Markets.—Dedication of a Secession Flag in the Catholic
Church.—The Cotton Presses.—Visit to the Jackson
Battle-ground.—The Creoles.—Jackson's
Head-Quarters.—A Fire in the Rear.—A Life Saved
by a Cigar.—A Black Republican Flag.—Vice-President
Hamlin a Mulatto.—Northerners leaving the South.</p>
</li>
</ul>
<p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_8" id="Page_8">[Pg 8]</SPAN></span></p>
<ul>
<li>
<p class="tocchaphead"><SPAN href="#CHAPTER_IV">CHAPTER IV.</SPAN></p>
<p><span class="pagenum">57</span></p>
<p class="toclist">
How Letters were Written and Transmitted.—A System of
Cipher.—A Philadelphian among the Rebels.—Probable fate
of a <cite>Tribune</cite> Correspondent,
if Discovered.—Southern Manufactures.—A Visit to
a Southern Shoe Factory.—Where the Machinery and Workmen
came from.—How Southern Shoes were Made.—Study of
Southern Society.—Report of a Slave Auction.—Sale
of a White Woman.—Girls on the Block.—Husbands
and Wives Separated.—A most Revolting Spectacle.—The
Delights of a Tropical Climate.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p class="tocchaphead"><SPAN href="#CHAPTER_V">CHAPTER V.</SPAN></p>
<p><span class="pagenum">71</span></p>
<p class="toclist">
A Northerner among the Minute Men.—Louisiana
Convention.—A Lively Discussion.—Boldness
of the Union Members.—Another Exciting
Discussion.—Secessionists Repudiate their Own
Doctrines.—Despotic Rebel Theories.—The
Northwest to Join the Rebels.—The Great
Swamp.—A Trip through Louisiana.—<cite>The
Tribune</cite> Correspondent Invited to a Seat in the
Mississippi Convention.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p class="tocchaphead"><SPAN href="#CHAPTER_VI">CHAPTER VI.</SPAN></p>
<p><span class="pagenum">81</span></p>
<p class="toclist">
The Mississippi State-House.—View of the Rebel
Hall.—Its General Air of Dilapidation.—A
Free-and-Easy Convention.—Southern
Orators.—The Anglo-African Delegate.—A
Speech Worth Preserving.—Familiar Conversation
of Members.—New Orleans Again.—Reviewing
Troops.—New Orleans Again.—Hatred of Southern
Unionists.—Three Obnoxious Northerners.—The
Attack on Sumter.—Rebel Bravado.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p class="tocchaphead"><SPAN href="#CHAPTER_VII">CHAPTER VII.</SPAN></p>
<p><span class="pagenum">91</span></p>
<p class="toclist">
Abolition Tendencies of Kentuckians.—Fundamental
Grievances of the Rebels.—Sudden Departure from New
Orleans.—Mobile.—The War Spirit High.—An Awkward
Encounter.—"Massa, Fort Sumter has gone Up."—Bells
Ringing.—Cannon Booming.—Up the Alabama River.—A
Dancing Little Darkey.—How to Escape Suspicion.—Southern
Characteristics and Provincialism.—Visit to the Confederate
Capital.—At Montgomery, Alabama.—Copperas Breeches <em>vs.</em>
Black Breeches.—A Correspondent under Arrest.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p class="tocchaphead"><SPAN href="#CHAPTER_VIII">CHAPTER VIII.</SPAN></p>
<p><span class="pagenum">105</span></p>
<p class="toclist">
A Journey Through Georgia.—Excitement of the
People.—Washington to be Captured.—Apprehensions
about Arming the Negroes.—A Fatal
Question.—Charleston.—Looking at Fort Sumter.—A
Short Stay in the City.—North Carolina.—The Country
on Fire.—Submitting to Rebel Scrutiny.—The North
Heard From.—Richmond, Virginia.—The Frenzy of
the People<ins>.</ins>—Up the Potomac.—The Old Flag Once
More.—An Hour with President Lincoln.—Washington in
Panic.—A Regiment which Came Out to Fight.—Baltimore
under Rebel Rule.—Pennsylvania.—The North fully
Aroused.—Uprising of the whole People.—A <cite>Tribune</cite>
Correspondent on Trial in Charleston.—He is Warned to
Leave.—His Fortunate Escape</p>
</li>
</ul>
<p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_9" id="Page_9">[Pg 9]</SPAN></span></p>
<ul>
<li>
<p class="tocchaphead"><SPAN href="#II">II.—THE FIELD.</SPAN></p>
<p class="tocchaphead"><SPAN href="#CHAPTER_IX">CHAPTER IX.</SPAN></p>
<p><span class="pagenum">125</span></p>
<p class="toclist">
Sunday at Niagara Falls.—View from the Suspension
Bridge.—The Palace of the Frost King.—Chicago,
a City Rising from the Earth.—Mysteries of Western
Currency.—A Horrible Spectacle in Arkansas.—Patriotism
of the Northwest.—Missouri.—The Rebels bent on
Revolution.—Nathaniel Lyon.—Camp Jackson.—Sterling
Price Joins the Rebels.—His Quarrel with Frank Blair.—His
Personal Character.—St. Louis in a Convulsion.—A
Nashville Experience.—Bitterness of Old Neighbors.—Good
Soldiers for Scaling Walls.—Wholesome Advice to Missouri
Slaveholders</p>
</li>
<li>
<p class="tocchaphead"><SPAN href="#CHAPTER_X">CHAPTER X.</SPAN></p>
<p><span class="pagenum">141</span></p>
<p class="toclist">
Cairo, Illinois.—A Visit from General
McClellan.—A little Speech-making.—Penalty of
Writing for <cite>The Tribune</cite>.—A Unionist
Aided to Escape from Memphis by a Loyal Girl.—The
Fascinations of Cairo.—The Death of Douglas.—A
Clear-headed Contraband.—A Review of the
Troops.—"Not a Fighting Nigger, but a Running
Nigger."—Capture of a Rebel Flag</p>
</li>
<li>
<p class="tocchaphead"><SPAN href="#CHAPTER_XI">CHAPTER XI.</SPAN></p>
<p><span class="pagenum">151</span></p>
<p class="toclist">
Missouri Again.—The Retributions of Time.—A
Railroad Reminiscence.—Jefferson City.—A Fugitive
Governor.—"Black Republicanism."—Belligerent
Chaplain.—A Rebel Newspaper Converted by the Iowa
Soldiers.—Two Camp Stories of the Marvelous</p>
</li>
<li>
<p class="tocchaphead"><SPAN href="#CHAPTER_XII">CHAPTER XII.</SPAN></p>
<p><span class="pagenum">157</span></p>
<p class="toclist">
Chicago.—Corn, not Cotton, is King.—Curious
Reminiscences of the City.—A Visit to the Grave of
Douglas.—Patriotism of the Northwestern Germans.—Their
Social Habits.—Cincinnati in the Early Days.—A
City Founded by a Woman.—The Aspirations of the
Cincinnatian.—Kentucky.—Treason and Loyalty in
Louisville.—A Visit to George D. Prentice.—The
first Union Troops of Kentucky.— Struggle in the Kentucky
Legislature.—What the Rebel Leaders Want.—Rousseau's
Visit to Washington.—His Interview with President
Lincoln.—Timidity of the Kentucky Unionists.—Loyalty of
Judge Lusk.</p>
</li>
</ul>
<p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_10" id="Page_10">[Pg 10]</SPAN></span></p>
<ul>
<li>
<p class="tocchaphead"><SPAN href="#CHAPTER_XIII">CHAPTER XIII.</SPAN></p>
<p><span class="pagenum">173</span></p>
<p class="toclist">
Western Virginia.—Campaigning in the Kanawha Valley.—A
Bloodthirsty 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 Future of the City.—A
disgusted Rebel Editor.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p class="tocchaphead"><SPAN href="#CHAPTER_XIV">CHAPTER XIV.</SPAN></p>
<p><span class="pagenum">181</span></p>
<p class="toclist">
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.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p class="tocchaphead"><SPAN href="#CHAPTER_XV">CHAPTER XV.</SPAN></p>
<p><span class="pagenum">189</span></p>
<p class="toclist">
Jefferson City, Missouri.—Fremont's Army.—Organization
of the Bohemian Brigade.—An Amusing Inquiry.—Diversions
of the Correspondents.—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, McKinstry.—Sigel's
Transportation Train.—A Countryman's Estimate of Troops.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p class="tocchaphead"><SPAN href="#CHAPTER_XVI">CHAPTER XVI.</SPAN></p>
<p><span class="pagenum">199</span></p>
<p class="toclist">
A Kid-gloved Corps.—Charge of Fremont's Body-guard.—Major
White.—Turning the Tables.—Welcome from
the Union Residents of Springfield.—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.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p class="tocchaphead"><SPAN href="#CHAPTER_XVII">CHAPTER XVII.</SPAN></p>
<p><span class="pagenum">213</span></p>
<p class="toclist">
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-Climax.—Hospital Scenes.</p>
</li>
</ul>
<p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_11" id="Page_11">[Pg 11]</SPAN></span></p>
<ul>
<li>
<p class="tocchaphead"><SPAN href="#CHAPTER_XVIII">CHAPTER XVIII.</SPAN></p>
<p><span class="pagenum">225</span></p>
<p class="toclist">
Down the Mississippi.—Bombardment of Island Number
Ten.—Sensations under Fire.—Flanking the
Island.—Daily Life on a Gunboat.—Triumph of Engineering
Skill.—The Surrender.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p class="tocchaphead"><SPAN href="#CHAPTER_XIX">CHAPTER XIX.</SPAN></p>
<p><span class="pagenum">235</span></p>
<p class="toclist">
The Battle of Shiloh.—With the Sanitary Commission.—A
Union Orator 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.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p class="tocchaphead"><SPAN href="#CHAPTER_XX">CHAPTER XX.</SPAN></p>
<p><span class="pagenum">243</span></p>
<p class="toclist">
Grant under a Cloud.—He Smokes and Waits.—Military
Jealousies.—The Union and Rebel Wounded.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p class="tocchaphead"><SPAN href="#CHAPTER_XXI">CHAPTER XXI.</SPAN></p>
<p><span class="pagenum">247</span></p>
<p class="toclist">
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.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p class="tocchaphead"><SPAN href="#CHAPTER_XXII">CHAPTER XXII.</SPAN></p>
<p><span class="pagenum">259</span></p>
<p class="toclist">
Bloodthirstiness of Rebel Women.—The Battle of
Memphis.—Gallant Exploit of the Rams.—A Sailor on a
Lark.—Appearance of the Captured 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
Arkansas.—The Siege of Cincinnati.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p class="tocchaphead"><SPAN href="#CHAPTER_XXIII">CHAPTER XXIII.</SPAN></p>
<p><span class="pagenum">275</span></p>
<p class="toclist">
With the Army of the Potomac.—On the War-Path.—A Duel in
Arizona.—How Correspondents Avoided Expulsion.—Shameful
Surrender of Harper's Ferry.—General Hooker at
Antietam.—"Stormed at with Shot and Shell."—A Night Among
the Pickets.—The Battlefield.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p class="tocchaphead"><SPAN href="#CHAPTER_XXIV">CHAPTER XXIV.</SPAN></p>
<p><span class="pagenum">287</span></p>
<p class="toclist">
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 Maryland Hights.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p class="tocchaphead"><SPAN href="#CHAPTER_XXV">CHAPTER XXV.</SPAN></p>
<p><span class="pagenum">299</span></p>
<p class="toclist">
Marching Southward.—Rebel Girl with Sharp Tongue.—A
Slight Mistake.—Removal of General McClellan.—Familiarity
of the Pickets.—The Life of an Army Correspondent.—A
Negro's Idea of Freedom.<ins>—</ins>The Battle of Fredericksburg.—A
Telegraphic Blunder.—The Batteries at Fredericksburg.—A
Disappointed Virginian.—The Spirit of the Army under Defeat.</p>
</li>
</ul>
<p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_12" id="Page_12">[Pg 12]</SPAN></span></p>
<ul>
<li>
<p class="tocchaphead"><SPAN href="#CHAPTER_XXVI">CHAPTER XXVI.</SPAN></p>
<p><span class="pagenum">311</span></p>
<p class="toclist">
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 familiar
Conversation.—Opinions about McClellan and Vicksburg.—Our
best Contribution to History.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p class="tocchaphead"><SPAN href="#CHAPTER_XXVII">CHAPTER XXVII.</SPAN></p>
<p><span class="pagenum">327</span></p>
<p>Reminiscences of General Sumner.—His Conduct in
Kansas.—A Thrilling Scene in Battle.—How
Sumner Fought.—Ordered Back by McClellan.—Love
for his Old Comrades.—Traveling Through
the Northwest.—A Visit to Rosecrans's
Army.—Rosecrans in a Great Battle.—A Scene in
Memphis.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p class="tocchaphead"><SPAN href="#III">III.—THE DUNGEON.</SPAN></p>
<p class="tocchaphead"><SPAN href="#CHAPTER_XXVIII">CHAPTER XXVIII.</SPAN></p>
<p><span class="pagenum">337</span></p>
<p class="toclist">
Running the Vicksburg Batteries.—Expedition
Badly Fitted Out.—"Into the Jaws of
Death."—A Moment of Suspense.—Disabled
and Drifting Helplessly.—Bombarding,
Scalding, Burning, Drowning.—Taking to a Hay
Bale.—Overturned.—Rescued from the
River.—The Killed, Wounded, and Missing.</p>
</li>
</ul>
<p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_13" id="Page_13">[Pg 13]</SPAN></span></p>
<ul>
<li>
<p class="tocchaphead"><SPAN href="#CHAPTER_XXIX">CHAPTER XXIX.</SPAN></p>
<p><span class="pagenum">347</span></p>
<p class="toclist">
Standing by Our Colors.—Confinement in the Vicksburg
Jail.—Sympathizing Sambo.—Parolled 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.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p class="tocchaphead"><SPAN href="#CHAPTER_XXX">CHAPTER XXX.</SPAN></p>
<p><span class="pagenum">357</span></p>
<p class="toclist">
A Word with a Union Woman.—Grierson's Great
Raid.—Stumping the State.—An Enraged Texan
Officer.—Waggery of a Captured Journalist.—The
Alabama River.—Atlanta Editors Advocate Hanging the
Prisoners.—Renegade Vermonters.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p class="tocchaphead"><SPAN href="#CHAPTER_XXXI">CHAPTER XXXI.</SPAN></p>
<p><span class="pagenum">365</span></p>
<p class="toclist">
Arrival in Richmond.—Lodged in Libby
Prison.—Sufferings from Vermin.—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 Isle.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p class="tocchaphead"><SPAN href="#CHAPTER_XXXII">CHAPTER XXXII.</SPAN></p>
<p><span class="pagenum">373</span></p>
<p class="toclist">
The Captains Ordered Below.—Two Selected
for Execution.—The Gloomiest Night in
Prison.—Glorious Revulsion of Feeling.—Exciting
Discussion in Prison.—Stealing Money from the
Captives.—Horrible Treatment of Northern
Citizens.—Extravagant Rumors among the Prisoners.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p class="tocchaphead"><SPAN href="#CHAPTER_XXXIII">CHAPTER XXXIII.</SPAN></p>
<p><span class="pagenum">381</span></p>
<p class="toclist">
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.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p class="tocchaphead"><SPAN href="#CHAPTER_XXXIV">CHAPTER XXXIV.</SPAN></p>
<p><span class="pagenum">387</span></p>
<p class="toclist">
A Waggish Journalist.—Proceedings of a Mock
Court.—Escape by Killing a Guard.—Escape
by Playing Negro.—Escape by Forging a
Release.—Escaped Prisoner at Jeff Davis's Levee.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p class="tocchaphead"><SPAN href="#CHAPTER_XXXV">CHAPTER XXXV.</SPAN></p>
<p><span class="pagenum">393</span></p>
<p class="toclist">
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.</p>
</li>
</ul>
<p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_14" id="Page_14">[Pg 14]</SPAN></span></p>
<ul>
<li>
<p class="tocchaphead"><SPAN href="#CHAPTER_XXXVI">CHAPTER XXXVI.</SPAN></p>
<p><span class="pagenum">401</span></p>
<p class="toclist">
The Open Air and Pure Water.—The Crushing
Weight of Imprisonment.—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.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p class="tocchaphead"><SPAN href="#CHAPTER_XXXVII">CHAPTER XXXVII.</SPAN></p>
<p><span class="pagenum">411</span></p>
<p class="toclist">
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.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p class="tocchaphead"><SPAN href="#CHAPTER_XXXVIII">CHAPTER XXXVIII.</SPAN></p>
<p><span class="pagenum">419</span></p>
<p class="toclist">
Attempted Outbreak and Massacre.—Cold-blooded
Murders Frequent.—Hostility to <cite>The Tribune</cite>
Correspondents.—A Cruel Injustice.—Rebel
Expectations of Peace.—The Prison Like the
Tomb.—Something about Tunneling.—The Tunnelers
Ingeniously Baffled.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p class="tocchaphead"><SPAN href="#IV">IV.—THE ESCAPE.</SPAN></p>
<p class="tocchaphead"><SPAN href="#CHAPTER_XXXIX">CHAPTER XXXIX.</SPAN></p>
<p><span class="pagenum">427</span></p>
<p class="toclist">
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.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p class="tocchaphead"><SPAN href="#CHAPTER_XL">CHAPTER XL.</SPAN></p>
<p><span class="pagenum">435</span></p>
<p class="toclist">
"Out of the Jaws of Death."—Concealed in
Sight of the Prison.—Certain to be Brought
Back.—Commencing the Long Journey.—Too Weak for
Traveling.—Severe March in the Rain.</p>
</li>
</ul>
<p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_15" id="Page_15">[Pg 15]</SPAN></span></p>
<ul>
<li>
<p class="tocchaphead"><SPAN href="#CHAPTER_XLI">CHAPTER XLI.</SPAN></p>
<p><span class="pagenum">441</span></p>
<p class="toclist">
A Cabin of Friendly Negroes.—Southerners
Unacquainted with Tea.—Walking Twelve Miles for
Nothing.—Every Negro a Friend.—Touching
Fidelity of the Slaves.—Pursued by a
Home-Guard.—Help in the Last Extremity.—Carried
Fifteen Miles by Friends</p>
</li>
<li>
<p class="tocchaphead"><SPAN href="#CHAPTER_XLII">CHAPTER XLII.</SPAN></p>
<p><span class="pagenum">449</span></p>
<p class="toclist">
A Curious Dilemma.—Food, Shelter, and
Friends.—Loyalty of the Mountaineers.—A Levee
in a Barn.—Visited by an Old Friend.—A Day
of Alarms.—A Woman's Ready Wit.—Danger of
Detection from Snoring.—Promises to Aid Suffering
Comrades.—A Repentant Rebel</p>
</li>
<li>
<p class="tocchaphead"><SPAN href="#CHAPTER_XLIII">CHAPTER XLIII.</SPAN></p>
<p><span class="pagenum">461</span></p>
<p class="toclist">
Flanking a Rebel Camp.—Secreted among the
Husks.—Wandering from the Road.—Crossing
the Yadkin River.—Union Bushwhackers.—Union
Soldiers "Lying Out."—An Energetic Invalid</p>
</li>
<li>
<p class="tocchaphead"><SPAN href="#CHAPTER_XLIV">CHAPTER XLIV.</SPAN></p>
<p><span class="pagenum">469</span></p>
<p class="toclist">
Money Concealed in Clothing.—Peril of Union
Citizens.—Fording Creeks at Midnight.—Climbing
the Blue Ridge.—Crossing the New River at Midnight</p>
</li>
<li>
<p class="tocchaphead"><SPAN href="#CHAPTER_XLV">CHAPTER XLV.</SPAN></p>
<p><span class="pagenum">477</span></p>
<p class="toclist">
Over Mountains and Through Ravines.—Mistaken
for Confederate Guards.—A Rebel Guerrilla
Killed.—Meeting a Former Fellow-Prisoner.—Alarm
about Rebel Cavalry.—A Stanch old Unionist.—The
Greatest Danger.—A Well Fortified Refuge</p>
</li>
<li>
<p class="tocchaphead"><SPAN href="#CHAPTER_XLVI">CHAPTER XLVI.</SPAN></p>
<p><span class="pagenum">487</span></p>
<p class="toclist">
Dan Ellis, the Union Guide.—In Good Hands at
Last.—Ellis's Bravery.—Lost! A Perilous
Blunder.—A most Fortunate Encounter.—Rejoining
Dan and His Party.—A Terrible March</p>
</li>
<li>
<p class="tocchaphead"><SPAN href="#CHAPTER_XLVII">CHAPTER XLVII.</SPAN></p>
<p><span class="pagenum">495</span></p>
<p class="toclist">
Fording Creeks in the Darkness.—Prospect of a Dreary
Night.—Sleeping among the Husks.—Turning Back
in Discouragement.—An Alarm at Midnight.—A
Young Lady for a Guide.—The Nameless Heroine.</p>
</li>
</ul>
<p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_16" id="Page_16">[Pg 16]</SPAN></span></p>
<ul>
<li>
<p class="tocchaphead"><SPAN href="#CHAPTER_XLVIII">CHAPTER XLVIII.</SPAN></p>
<p><span class="pagenum">503</span></p>
<p class="toclist">
Among the Delectable Mountains.—Separation
from Friends.—Union Women Scrutinizing the
Yankee.—"Slide Down off that Horse."—Friendly
Words, but Hostile Eyes.—Hospitalities of a Loyal
Patriarch.—"Out of the Mouth of Hell."</p>
</li>
</ul>
<div class="figcenter"> <ANTIMG src="images/i001.jpg" width-obs="1000" height-obs="1446" alt="A GROUP OF ARMY CORRESPONDENTS" title="A GROUP OF ARMY CORRESPONDENTS" class="epub_only" /> <SPAN href="images/i001.jpg" target="_blank"> <ANTIMG src="images/i001thumb.jpg" width-obs="207" height-obs="299" alt="A GROUP OF ARMY CORRESPONDENTS" class="noepub" title="A GROUP OF ARMY CORRESPONDENTS" /></SPAN> <p class="credit">Eng<sup>d</sup>. by Geo. E. Perine, N.Y.</p>
<p class="caption">
RICHARD T. COLBURN, "NEW YORK WORLD". CHARLES C. COFFIN,
"CARLETON" - "BOSTON JOURNAL". WILLIAM E. DAVIS,
"CINCINNATI GAZETTE". JUNIUS H. BROWNE, "NEW YORK TRIBUNE".
L. L. CROUNSE, "NEW YORK TIMES". W. D. BICKHAM, "CINCINNATI
COMMERCIAL". THOMAS W. KNOX, "NEW YORK HERALD". A GROUP OF
ARMY CORRESPONDENTS.</p>
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<p class="xl center">THE FIELD, THE DUNGEON, AND THE ESCAPE.</p>
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<h2 id="I">I.<br/> THE SECRET SERVICE.</h2>
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