Andersonville : A Story of Rebel Military Prisons.

Intro -- ANDERSONVILLE: A STORY OF REBEL MILITARY PRISONS, -- INTRODUCTION. -- AUTHOR'S PREFACE. -- CONTENTS. -- CHAPTER I. -- A STRANGE LAND -- THE HEART OF THE APPALACHINS -- THE GATEWAY OF AN EMPIRE -- A SEQUESTERED VALE, AND A PRIMITIVE, ARCADIAN, NON-PROGRESSIVE PEOPLE. -- CHAPTER II. -- SCARCITY OF FOOD FOR THE ARMY -- RAID FOR FORAGE -- ENCOUNTER WITH THE REBELS -- SHARP CAVALRY FIGHT -- DEFEAT OF THE "JOHNNIES" -- POWELL'S VALLEY OPENED UP. -- CHAPTER III. -- LIVING OFF THE ENEMY -- REVELING IN THE FATNESS OF THE COUNTRY -- SOLDIERLY PURVEYING AND CAMP COOKERY -- SUSCEPTIBLE TEAMSTERS AND THEIR TENDENCY TO FLIGTHTINESS -- MAKING A SOLDIER'S BED. -- CHAPTER IV. -- A BITTER COLD MORNING AND A WARM AWAKENING -- TROUBLE ALL ALONG THE LINE -- FIERCE CONFLICTS, ASSAULTS AND DEFENSE -- PROLONGED AND DESPERATE STRUGGLE ENDING WITH A SURRENDER. -- CHAPTER V. -- THE REACTION -- DEPRESSION -- BITING COLD -- SHARP HUNGER AND SAD REFLECTION. -- CHAPTER VL. -- "ON TO RICHMOND!" -- MARCHING ON FOOT OVER THE MOUNTAINS -- MY HORSE HAS A NEW RIDER -- UNSOPHISTICATED MOUNTAIN GIRLS -- DISCUSSING THE ISSUES OF THE WAR -- PARTING WITH "HIATOGA." -- CHAPTER VII. -- ENTERING RICHMOND -- DISAPPOINTMENT AT ITS APPEARANCE -- EVERYBODY IN UNIFORM -- CURLED DARLINGS OF THE CAPITAL -- THE REBEL FLAG -- THE REBEL FLAG -- LIBBY PRISON -- LIBBY PRISON -- DICK TURNER -- SEARCHING THE NEW COMERS. -- CHAPTER VIII. -- INTRODUCTION TO PRISON LIFE -- THE PEMBERTON BUILDING AND ITS OCCUPANTS -- NEAT SAILORS -- ROLL CALL -- RATIONS AND CLOTHING -- CHIVALRIO "CONFISCATION." -- CHAPTER IX. -- BEANS OR PEAS -- INSUFFIENCY OF DARKY TESTIMONY -- A GUARD KILLS A PRISONER -- PRISONERS TEASE THE GUARDS -- DESPERATE OUTBREAK. -- CHAPTER X. -- THE EXCHANGE AND THE CAUSE OF ITS INTERRUPTION -- BRIEF RESUME OF THE DIFFERENT CARTELS, AND THE DIFFICULTIES THAT LED TO THEIR SUSPENSION.

CHAPTER XI. -- PUTTING IN THE TIME -- RATIONS -- COOKING UTENSILS -- "FIAT" SOUP -- "SPOONING" -- AFRICAN NEWSPAPER VENDERS -- TRADING GREENBACKS FOR CONFEDERATE MONEY -- VISIT FROM JOHN MORGAN -- CHAPTER XII. -- REMARKS AS TO NOMENCLATURE -- VACCINATION AND ITS EFFECTS -- "N'YAARKER'S," THEIR CHARACTERISTICS, AND THEIR METHODS OF OPERATING. -- CHAPTER XIII. -- BELLE ISLE -- TERRIBLE SUFFERING FROM COLD AND HUNGER -- FATE OF LIEUTENANT BOISSEUX'S DOG -- OUR COMPANY MYSTERY -- TERMINATION OF ALL HOPES OF ITS SOLUTION. -- CHAPTER XIV. -- HOPING FOR EXCHANGE -- AN EXPOSITION OF THE DOCTRINE OF CHANCES -- OFF FOR ANDERSONVILLE -- UNCERTAINTY AS TO OUR DESTINATION -- ARRIVAL AT ANDERSONVILLE. -- CHAPTER XV. -- GEORGIA -- A LEAN AND HUNGRY LAND -- DIFFERENCE BETWEEN UPPER AND LOWER GEORGIA -- THE VILLAGE OF ANDERSONVILLE. -- CHAPTER XVI. -- WAKING UP IN ANDERSONVILLE -- SOME DESCRIPTION OF THE PLACE -- OUR FIRST MAIL -- BUILDING SHELTER -- GEN. WINDER -- HIMSELF AND LINEAGE. -- CHAPTER XVII. -- THE PLANTATION NEGROS -- NOT STUPID TO BE LOYAL -- THEIR DITHYBAMBIC MUSIC -- COPPERHEAD OPINION OF LONGFELLOW. -- CHAPTER XVIII. -- SCHEMES AND PLANS TO ESCAPE -- SCALING THE STOCKADE -- ESTABLISHING THE DEAD LINE -- THE FIRST MAN KILLED. -- CHAPTER XIX. -- CAPT. HENRI WIRZ -- SOME DESCRIPTION OF A SMALL-MINDED PERSONAGE, WHO GAINED GREAT NOTORIETY -- FIRST EXPERIENCE WITH HIS DISCIPLINARY METHOD. -- CHAPTER XX. -- PRIZE FIGHT AMONG THE N'YAARKERS -- A GREAT MANY FORMAL TIES, AND LITTLE BLOOD SPILT -- A FUTILE ATTEMPT TO RECOVER A WATCH -- DEFEAT OF THE LAW AND ORDER PARTY. -- CHAPTER XXI. -- DIMINISHING RATIONS -- A DEADLY COLD RAIN -- HOVERING OVER PITCH PINE FIRES -- INCREASE OF MORTALITY -- A THEORY OF HEALTH. -- CHAPTER XXII. -- DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ALABAMIANS AND GEORGIANS -- DEATH OF "POLL PARROTT" -- A GOOD JOKE UPON THE GUARD -- A BRUTAL RASCAL.

CHAPTER XXIII. -- A NEW LOT OF PRISONERS -- THE BATTLE OF OOLUSTEE -- MEN SACRIFICED TO A GENERAL'S INCOMPETENCY -- A HOODLUM RE-INFORCEMENT -- A QUEER CROWD -- MISTREATMENT OF AN OFFICER OF A COLORED REGIMENT -- KILLING THE SERGEANT OF A NEGRO SQUAD. -- CHAPTER XXIV. -- APRIL -- LONGING TO GET OUT -- THE DEATH RATE -- THE PLAGUE OF LICE -- THE SO-CALLED HOSPITAL. -- CHAPTER XXV. -- THE "PLYMOUTH PILGRIMS" -- SAD TRANSITION FROM COMFORTABLE BARRACKS TO ANDERSONVILLE -- A CRAZED PENNSYLVANIAN -- DEVELOPMENT OF THE SUTLER BUSINESS. -- CHAPTER XXVI. -- LONGINGS FOR GOD'S COUNTRY -- CONSIDERATIONS OF THE METHODS OF GETTING THERE -- EXCHANGE AND ESCAPE -- DIGGING TUNNELS, AND THE DIFFICULTIES CONNECTED THEREWITH -- PUNISHMENT OF A TRAITOR. -- CHAPTER XXVII. -- THE HOUNDS, AND THE DIFFICULTIES THEY PUT IN THE WAY OF ESCAPE -- THE WHOLE SOUTH PATROLLED BY THEM. -- CHAPTER XXVIII. -- MAY -- INFLUX OF NEW PRISONERS -- DISPARITY IN NUMBERS BETWEEN THE EASTERN AND WESTERN ARMIES -- TERRIBLE CROWDING -- SLAUGHTER OF MEN AT THE CREEK -- CHAPTER XXIX. -- SOME DISTINCTION BETWEEN SOLDIERLY DUTY AND MURDER -- A PLOT TO ESCAPE -- IT IS REVEALED AND FRUSTRATED. -- CHAPTER XXX. -- JUNE -- POSSIBILITIES OF A MURDEROUS CANNONADE -- WHAT WAS PROPOSED TO BE DONE IN THAT EVENT -- A FALSE ALARM -- DETERIORATION OF THE RATIONS -- FEARFUL INCREASE OF MORTALITY. -- CHAPTER XXXI. -- DYING BY INCHES -- SEITZ, THE SLOW, AND HIS DEATH -- STIGGALL AND EMERSON -- RAVAGES OF THE SCURVY. -- CHAPTER XXXII. -- "OLE BOO," AND "OLE SOL, THE HAYMAKER" -- A FETID, BURNING DESERT -- NOISOME WATER, AND THE EFFECTS OF DRINKING IT -- STEALING SOFT SOAP. -- CHAPTER XXXIII. -- "POUR PASSER LE TEMPS" -- A SET OF CHESSMAN PROCURED UNDER DIFFICULTIES -- RELIGIOUS SERVICES -- THE DEVOTED PRIEST -- WAR SONG. -- CHAPTER XXXIV. -- MAGGOTS, LICE AND RAIDERS -- PRACTICES OF THESE HUMAN VERMIN.

PLUNDERING THE SICK AND DYING -- NIGHT ATTACKS, AND BATTLES BY DAY -- HARD TIMES FOR THE SMALL TRADERS. -- CHAPTER XXXV. -- A COMMUNITY WITHOUT GOVERNMENT -- FORMATION OF THE REGULATORS -- RAIDERS ATTACK KEY BUT ARE BLUFFED OFF -- ASSAULT OF THE REGULATORS ON THE RAIDERS -- DESPERATE BATTLE -- OVERTHROW OF THE RAIDERS. -- CHAPTER XXXVI. -- WHY THE REGULATORS WERE NOT ASSISTED BY THE ENTIRE CAMP -- PECULIARITIES OF BOYS FROM DIFFERENT SECTIONS -- HUNTING THE RAIDERS DOWN -- EXPLOITING OF MY LEFT-HANDED LIEUTENANT -- RUNNING THE GAUNTLET. -- CHAPTER XXXVII. -- THE EXECUTION -- BUILDING THE SCAFFOLD -- DOUBTS OF THE CAMP -- CAPTAIN WIRZ THINKS IT IS PROBABLY A RUSE TO FORCE THE STOCKADE -- HIS PREPARATIONS AGAINST SUCH AN ATTEMPT -- ENTRANCE OF THE DOOMED ONES -- THEY REALIZE THEIR FATE -- ONE MAKES A DESPERATE ATTEMPT TO ESCAPE -- HIS RECAPTURE -- INTENSE EXCITEMENT -- WIRZ ORDERS THE GUNS TO OPEN -- FORTUNATELY THEY DO NOT -- THE SIX ARE HANGED -- ONE BREAKS HIS ROPE -- SCENE WHEN THE RAIDERS ARE CUT DOWN. -- CHAPTER XXXVIII. -- AFTER THE EXECUTION -- FORMATION OF A POLICE FORCE -- ITS FIRST CHIEF -- "SPANKING" AN OFFENDER. -- CHAPTER XXXIX. -- JULY -- THE PRISON BECOMES MORE CROWDED, THE WEATHER HOTTER, RATIONS POORER, AND MORTALITY GREATER -- SOME OF THE PHENOMENA OF SUFFERING AND DEATH. -- CHAPTER XL. -- THE BATTLE OF THE 22D, OF JULY -- THE ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE ASSAULTED FRONT AND REAR -- DEATH OF GENERAL MCPHERSON -- ASSUMPTION OF COMMAND BY GENERAL LOGAN -- RESULT OF THE BATTLE. -- CHAPTER XLI. -- CLOTHING: ITS RAPID DETERIORATION, AND DEVICES TO REPLENISH IT -- DESPERATE EFFORTS TO COVER NAKEDNESS -- "LITTLE REDCAP" AND HIS LETTER. -- CHAPTER XLII. -- SOME FEATURES OF THE MORTALITY -- PERCENTAGE OF DEATHS TO THOSE LIVING -- AN AVERAGE MAN ONLY STANDS THE MISERY THREE MONTHS.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PRISON AND THE CONDITION, OF THE MEN THEREIN, BY A LEADING SCIENTIFIC MAN OF THE SOUTH. -- CHAPTER XLIII. -- DIFFICULTY OF EXERCISING -- EMBARRASSMENTS OF A MORNING WALK -- THE RIALTO OF THE PRISON -- CURSING THE SOUTHERN CONFEDERACY -- THE STORY OF THE BATTLE OF SPOTTSYLVANIA COURTHOUSE. -- CHAPTER XLIV. -- REBEL MUSIC -- SINGULAR LACK OF THE CREATIVE POWER AMONG THE SOUTHERNERS -- CONTRAST WITH SIMILAR PEOPLE ELSEWHERE -- THEIR FAVORITE MUSIC WHERE IT WAS BORROWED FROM -- A FIFER WITH ONE TUNE. -- CHAPTER XLV. -- AUGUST -- NEEDLES STUCK IN PUMPKIN SEEDS -- SOME PHENOMENA OF STARVATION -- RIOTING IN REMEMBERED LUXURIES. -- CHAPTER XLVI. -- A SURLY BRITON -- THE STOLID COURAGE THAT MAKES THE ENGLISH FLAG A BANNER OF TRIUMPH -- OUR COMPANY BUGLER, HIS CHARACTERISTICS AND HIS DEATH -- URGENT DEMAND FOR MECHANICS -- NONE WANT TO GO -- TREATMENT OF A REBEL SHOEMAKER -- ENLARGEMENT OF THE STOCKADE -- IT IS BROKEN BY A STORM -- THE WONDERFUL SPRING. -- CHAPTER XLVII. -- "SICK CALL," AND THE SCENES THAT ACCOMPANIED IT -- MUSTERING THE LAME, HALT AND DISEASED AT THE SOUTH GATE -- AN UNUSUALLY BAD CASE -- GOING OUT TO THE HOSPITAL -- ACCOMMODATION AND TREATMENT OF THE PATIENTS THERE -- THE HORRIBLE SUFFERING IN THE GANGRENE WARD -- BUNGLING AMPUTATIONS BY BLUNDERING PRACTITIONERS -- AFFECTION BETWEEN SAILOR AND HIS WARD -- DEATH OF MY COMRADE. -- CHAPTER XLVIII. -- DETERMINATION TO ESCAPE -- DIFFERENT PLANS AND THEIR MERITS -- I PREFER THE APPALACHICOLA ROUTE -- PREPARATIONS FOR DEPARTURE -- A HOT DAY -- THE FENCE PASSED SUCCESSFULLY -- PURSUED BY THE HOUNDS -- CAUGHT -- RETURNED TO THE STOCKADE. -- CHAPTER XLIX. -- AUGUST -- GOOD LUCK IN NOT MEETING CAPTAIN WIRZ -- THAT WORTHY'S TREATMENT OF RECAPTURED PRISONERS -- SECRET SOCIETIES IN PRISON -- SINGULAR MEETING AND ITS RESULT -- DISCOVERY AND REMOVAL OF THE OFFICERS AMONG THE ENLISTED MEN.

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