99-103, 111, 112

rope ladder, twisted rags, 111, 112

rules adopted in prison, 87, 88, 141, 153

Russell, Sergt. Alfred, 89

Russell, Gen. D. A., killed, 13

Russell, Martha, 89

Russell, Gen. W. H., 128

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Sadler, Major David, 66

Salisbury prison, 50-55; 61, 130, 133, 134, 136

sandwiches, G. W. Swepson's, 49

sanitary measures, 79, 80, 103, 141, 142

Sargent, Lieut, of 14th N. H., 23

Scott, Sir Walter, quoted, 8, 37, 134, 135

scurvy prevalent, 123, 142

searching of prisoners, 41, 42, 119

seceded states, a real nation? 150, 151

sentries' sing-song call, 44

sermons in prison, 57, 58, 121, 122

"Set the table for dinner," 96

Shakespeare, quoted, 36, 118, 119

Shakespeare's _Hamlet_, 85, 140

shelter, lack of at Salisbury, 53, 55, 136

Shenandoah river and valley, 1, 2

Sheridan's devastation, 1, 2, 3

Sherman, Gen. W. T., quoted, 1

"shot twice into inch pieces," 24

Simpson, Lieut. J. B.; his sly trick, 77

singing at evening at Danville, 104, 141

Sixth Corps, 4, 5, 6, 10, 13

"skirmishing" a misnomer, 102, 103

slavery doomed in any event, 149

"Slim Jim," 101

Small, Major Adner A., 142

Smith, Robert C., Confed. commandant, 81, 82

Smith, Col. Robert C., Yale man, kind, 82, +

Smith, Sergt. W. F., clerk, 129

"snack?" or snake? 49

sorghum syrup issued, 94

soup, so called (or broth), 44, 94, 102

spittoon mystery, solved? 78

spoon, carving of, 83, 141 (note)

"spoon fashion," lying in, 105

"_Spoon_"! significance of, 105

Sprague, Bvt. Col. H. B., _passim_, and 143 (note)

stampede, Yankee, 11, 12;
Confederate, 18, 23

Stanton, E. M., War Secretary, 147, 148

State, allegiance to, 39

Staunton, Va., march to, 2, 28

Staunton, arrival and breakfast at, 32, 33

Staunton, Morgan's guerrilla kind at, 33, 34

stealing rations from guards, haversacks, 77

Stephens, Hon. Alexander H., 146, 147

"Storming Column" at Port Hudson, 7

"Stove Brigade," at Danville, 79

stoves in prison at Danville, 79, 95

Strasburg, Va., 20

Strickland, undertaker, 129

Stuart, Dr. Moses, on slavery, 29

subjugation policy, Lincoln's, 151

sunrise on the Blue Ridge, 36

sutler, Confederate, 84

swearing, copious, of two kinds, 14, 15, 39

sweeping the floors, 87, 100

Swepson, George W., very kind, 49, 50

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table-knife saw, Lieut. Titus's, 97, 111

Tarbell, Cap