DEDICATION

Dedicated to the Woman’s Relief Corps, whose tender, thoughtful care has preserved the sacred memorials of the war, and to the memory of my COMRADES in arms who have answered the final call; to the age-worn remnant who still linger behind, and to the younger patriots of the present generation, to whom it is given, in the happier days of peace, to fight for their country the bloodless battles of righteousness and truth.

TABLE of CONTENTS

Chapter. Page.

I. The Writer’s Credentials 19

II. View of a Confederate Prison 27

III. The Prison Commisariat 35

IV. A Dearth of Water 53

V. A Cry to Heaven 61

VI. Unsealing of the Spring 65

VII. Was It a Miracle? 72

VIII. Deliverance 85

IX. An Incident by the Way 93

X. A Sequel 103

Appendix. Page.

A. Contributory Testimony 116

B. Responsibility for Prison Treatment 119

C. Woman’s Relief Corps Memorial 123

D. A Memorial Day Meditation Rev. H. H. Proctor, D. D. of Atlanta. 135

E. Permanent Honors for Confederate Heroes 141

ILLUSTRATIONS

The Author: As Prospective Soldier. As Present Writer.

Plan of the Prison Pen.

View of Interior and Foreground.

A Dream.

The Broken Stockade.

The Spring and Women of the Relief Corps.

Adventure in Wilmington Hospital.

The Beloved Teacher.

The Michigan Monument in Andersonville.

The Andersonville Cemetery.