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Chapter I

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1 Introduction
2 The Battle of Chickamauga
5 Captured

CHAPTER II.

6 The Field Hospital
8 A trip over the battle field
8 The Atlanta Prison Pen
9 The “Engine Thieves”
10 Onward to Richmond

CHAPTER III.
12 Libby Prison
13 Scott’s Building
15 “Zult”

CHAPTER IV.
16 Danville Prison
17 Bug Soup
18 Patriotic Songs
19 Searched—Small-pox

CHAPTER V.
20 The “Very O Lord”
21 Escape of Johney Squires
22 Skirmishing

CHAPTER VI.
25 En Route to Andersonville
27 Description of Andersonville
28 “Dugouts” and “Gophers”

CHAPTER VII.
29 Winder and Wirz
31 “Poll Parrot”
32 Georgia Home “Gyaards”

CHAPTER VIII.
33 Insufficient and poor quality of rations.
34 Digging Wells
35 Providence Spring
35 Stealing a board from the dead line
36 A break in the stockade
36 Plymouth Pilgrims

CHAPTER IX.
38 The Raiders
39 Capture and hanging of the raiders
41 Spanking

CHAPTER X.
42 Close quarters
43 Joe Hall and “Tip” Hoover
46 The Negro. Catholic Priest

CHAPTER XI.
47 Mortality at Andersonville Dr. Jones’ report
57 Remarks on Dr. Jones’ report

CHAPTER XII.
59 Progress of the war
59 Tribute to Logan
60 New quarters
61 Number of deaths in Andersonville
62 Jeff Davis

CHAPTER XIII.
64 Good-bye Andersonville
65 Arrival at Charleston
66 Historic Ground
66 Florence

CHAPTER XIV.
68 Naked and cold and hungry, Sherman
69 Letter to Wisconsin Sanitary Commission.
70 Tribute to the Sanitary Commission.
72 Honey

CHAPTER XV.
73 Vale Dixie
74 Exchange Commenced
75 My turn comes
77 Homeward bound
77 Conclusion

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ERRATA.

On page 3, 23d line, 1st column, for “right” read regiment.

On page 74, 16th line, for “adopt” read adopted.

On page 74, 23d line, for “slowing” read slowly.

On page 74, 2d column, 2d paragraph, 10th line, for “regions” read designs.

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FIFTEEN MONTHS IN DIXIE,

OR

MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE
IN REBEL PRISONS.

BY W. W. DAY.

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