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One Will do as Much for her Son (Who is in the Confederate Army)--A Ride in Filthy Cattle Cars Through Charleston, Savannah and Macon--Arrival at Andersonville. CHAPTER VII--Page 41. Andersonville--Separated from the Enlisted Men--An Interview with the Inhuman Monster "Wirz"--Placed in a Church--Divine Service Sunday Morning--Sent Back to Macon--Drawing Rations--A Blindfolded Man Divides Them--Ladies Visit Our Camp and Show Their Sympathy--Union Girls Forever--Boquets and Notes Sent Us--A Drunken Riot--Reckless Shooting of the Guards--Prices of Provisions in Macon. CHAPTER VIII--Page 51. Moving Into The Stockade--Skirmishing--Mr. Cashmeyer's Sutler Wagon-- Captain Irsh Bucked and Gagged By Order of Tabb--Captain Tabb Relieved-- How We Passed the Time--The Meetings--Gambling Houses--Social and Singing Circles. CHAPTER IX--Page 72. Fresh Fish--Arrival of Col. Miller--Death of Lieut. Wood, 82nd Indiana--More Fresh Fish. CHAPTER X--Page 80. Manner of Tunneling. CHAPTER XI--Page 98. Receiving and Sending off the Mail--Attempts to Smuggle Through Forbidden Matter--Samples of Letters Sent Home--Boxes of Letters Received--My Feelings at Not Receiving Any. CHAPTER XII--Page 105. The First Division Leaves Camp Oglethorp--Plans for Escape--Their Destination, Charleston--Thirty Union Officers and Four of the "Reb" Guard Are Missing on Their Arrival at Charleston--The Story of the Lieutenant In Charge of the Train as Told to Major Lyman--Departure of the Second Division--Stopped at Savannah, Thus Foiling Our Plans for Escape. CHAPTER XIII--Page 130. Camp Sorghum--A Sleepless and Miserable Night--Building a Brush Tent--The Escape--I Turn Over My Tent and Household Effects to Colonel Miller and Adjutant Lyman--Crawling Across the Guard Line--Our Escape Discovered and we Fired Upon--Captains Geere and Eastmond Recaptured--Tramp, Tramp, Tramp. CHAPTER XIV--Page 148. Assailed by a Dog--Scaring a Negro--Free Mitchell--He Dare Not Let Me Into His Yard on Account of a Yankee Schoolmaster who Kept Blood Hounds-- Flanking the Hounds--Meeting Captain Alban--Losing My Former Companions I Start Out With Him. CHAPTER XV--Page 154. How to Roast a Chicken--A Good Square Meal Once More--On the Tramp Again-- We Meet a Darky who Furnishes Us Supper and Chickens From His Master's Hen Coop--Surprised by Two White Men While Eating Breakfast--Passing Through Walhalla--Avoiding Some Cavalry.
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