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McNeil, Gen. John, his brutal execution of ten Confederate
prisoners, 66.

McPheeters, John Y., 66.

MacWooster, takes us to Criglersville, 110.
Gives us good advice, 110.

Madison Court House, 110.

Manassas Gap railroad, along the old road on foot, 117.

Marchland, Judge, 119.

Marini, ----, witness in Wirz case, 137.

Martin, ----, 119.

Maryland, my native State, 12.
First Maryland Regiment, 14.
Marylanders in Richmond, 14.

Mess room in Old Capitol, 22, 26, 54.

Milani’s Gap in Blue Ridge, 111.

Mills, J., 102, 104.

Mills, William M., 102, 104.

Minor, Fairfax, 50, 119.
Won’t take chances where only one man is killed, 63.

Missouri State Militia, 66.

Mitchell, Captain, 75, 119.

Mitchell, Lieut. Hugh, 119.

Model Farm Barracks, 98, 108.

Montgomery, ----, 119.

Monument at Andersonville, 152.

Moore, ----, death of, 31.

Mosby, Col. John S., my first meeting with, 118.

Mount, Stephen R., 53, 119.

Mules at Manassas, 69.
Dr. Green and his mules, 70.

Mulford, Captain John E., 95, 97.

Mustered into Confederate service, 105.

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Names of prisoners in room 16, 119.

Nelson, Lieut. Joseph H., 154.

New Jersey Regiment, Tenth, prison guard at Old Capitol, 35.

Newport News, 91.

New York Regiment, Third, Co. K, guard on truce boat, 91.

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Oath, copy of iron-clad, 23.
At Old Capitol prisoners take it and say it is not binding, 62.
“The Oath”--parody on Hamlet’s soliloquy, 62.

O’Brien, Edward H., 82, 119.

Oeser, Felix (see De la Baume).

Off for Dixie, 89.

Old Capitol Prison, description and history, 20, 22, 24-5.
Escape of prisoners, 52.
My first night, 25.
Old men, women and children, 80.
Overcrowded, 39 in room 16, bunks for 21 only, 68, 69.
Prisoners in close confinement, 42.
Room No. 10, 86, 87.
Rooms 14 to 18, 25, 42, 69, 84.
Room 16, 24, 26, 28, 30.
Shooting of prisoners, 35, 37.

Old age no exception or exemption, 80.

Ould, Robert, Confederate agent of exchange, 97.
Letter to Federal agent, 123.
To _National Intelligencer_, 124.
Called as a witness for Wirz, but not allowed to testify, 136.

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Parker, Captain, 38, 42, 56.

Parole granted me to visit sick child, 56.
Frank Thornton, 68.
Captain Phillips and Wood, 59.
General order No. 209, refusing to recognize, 124.
Gen. Early comments on same, 125.

Parole Camp, location of, 98.
A ration of flour and quarter of pound of bacon to each man, 102.
Life at Model Farm Barracks, 98.
Overcrowded, vermin, 105.
Prisoners from Camp Chase, Camp Douglas and Johnson’s Island tell of
their treatment, 100.
Reports (official) verify their statements, 101.
To Upperville, 108.
We get a good feed of beans, 102.

Passers-by arrested and brought in, 26, 27, 32, 33.
Ladies and children not exempt, 27, 32, 38, 76, 87.

Pentz, John, 64, 68, 119.

Perry, William McK., 107, 119.

Petersburg in spring of 1863, 97, 98, 100, 103, 104.

Phillips, Captain Thomas, captured off North Carolina coast, 46, 119.
Released, 59, 78.
Sentenced to three months’ imprisonment, goods confiscated, 46.

Phillips, Captain Wesley, 75, 119.

Pope, Gen. John, order licensing his soldiers to plunder citizens, 45.

Porter, Col. James, 65.

Potomac River, going down on flag-of-truce boat, 90.

Powhatan House, Richmond, 108, 109.

Prison guard, Tenth New Jersey, 35.
At Camps Chase and Douglas, 100, 101.
Brutal and inhuman, 100, 101.
Shooting of prisoners, 36-7.
Threats to shoot, 35.

Prison life in Old Capitol, 19.
Daily routine, 54.
How we passed the time, 29, 48, 50.
My first night in prison, 25.
Rations, recreations and rules--(see Old Capitol Prison).

Prison yard, description of, 54-5.
Filthy condition, 55, 85.
Meeting place for friends and comrades, 29.

Prisoners (see Treatment of).
Arrested, imprisoned and no charge against, 42-3, 60, 85.
Arrested, robbed and confined without trial, 42, 58, 84.
Conditions North and South, 11.
Ill-treatment and injustice, 42, 58.
In close confinement, 42.
Locked up and forgotten, 59.
March from prison to boat, 89.
Off for Dixie, 84.
Union soldiers, deserters and other offenses, 73.

Private mess in room 16, 26, 28, 30.

Provost-marshal’s office, 19, 58.
All letters must go through and take chance of delivery, 57.
Arrested on information and accuser unknown, 58.
Spies and detectives, 58.

Punishment for trifling offenses, 63, 69, 76.

Purcell, Volney, 85, 119.

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Rainbow, John, witness in Wirz case, 137.

Randolph, ----, 53, 119.

Ratcliffe, Charles, 108, 114, 118.

Rations at Old Capitol, 22-6-7-8, 30.
At Camp Chase, 100.
At Camp Douglas, 104.
At Johnson’s Island, 100.
At Parole Camp, 98, 99.
On steamer _State of Maine_, 90-5.

Recreations and amusements, 26, 29.

Reilly, ----, 119.

Report of committee of Confederate Congress, 127-130.
Committee Sanitary commission, 128.
Gen. Seymour, 126.
No. 67, 127.
No. 209, refusal to recognize paroles, 124.

Rhoades, Rev. R. M., 66.

Richardson, George, 104, 119.

Richmond at outbreak of war, 14.
Gala days in, 14.
Hard times in, 16.
In 1863, 108.
Mayor Joseph Mayo, 40.
Parole Camp to, 108.
“Who wants to go to,” 88.

Rinaldi, Raphael, 61, 77, 119.

Ritchie & Dunnavant, 16, 49, 72.

Robbing prisoners, George S. Ayre, 44-5.
Redmond F. Brawner, 43.
James Johnson, 43.
James F. Kerfoot, 44.
Henry Love, 42.
Captain Thomas Phillips, 45.
Provost-marshal, 44.

Robertson River, along the, 110, 111.

Roll-call, 55, 81.

Room No. 10, close and ill-ventilated, 87.

Rooms Nos. 13, 14, 15, 18 and 19, 25, 42, 69, 84.

Room No. 16, description of, 24-6.
Formerly old senate chamber, 24.
Our mess, 26-8, 30.
Prisoners in, 119-121.
Prisoners sent South, 84.

Running the blockade, with my wife and children, 17.
Wilmington, port most frequently used, 47.

Russell, ----, 79, 119.

Russell, Major G. B., 142.

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Schade, Louis, 132.

Sea-gulls, 92.

Seal, Mr., hotel, Madison Court House, 110.

Seymour, Gen., report, 126.

“Sheepskins,” outrages by, 65.

Shenandoah River, along the, 116.

Sherman, Captain, 104.

Shooting prisoners, Gen. John McNeil, 66.
Harry Stewart, 36-7.
Threats to shoot, 35, 37.
Jesse Wharton, 36.

Short, ----, 119.

“Sick call,” 54, 82.

Sidner, Captain Thomas A., 66.

Signal stations on James River, 95-6.

Simmons, Albert, 85, 88, 119.

Sinks, very offensive, 55.

“Slim Jim,” 29.

Smallpox, changed from room to room, 84.

Smith, Hiram, 66.

Smith, John C., 119.

Smith, Lieut., 104.

Songs and singing, 48-9, 50.
“All prisoners confined in Capitol jail,” 48.
Belle Boyd, 50-1.
Order prohibiting, 53.

Spence, William A., 121.

Spies and detectives, 29, 30.
Spy system and its injustice, 58.

Stant, James, 78, 119.

Stewart, Harry, killed by guard, 36-7.

_State of Maine_, flag-of-truce boat, 90.
Rations, 90.
Staterooms, 90, 94.

Stone’s Landing, on Potomac, 17.

Storm, R. B., 119.

Stormy traveling through mountain and valley, 111-115.

Stoughton, Brig.-Gen., war-time telegrapher tells of his capture,
154-5.

Sunday in Old Capitol, 34, 51.

Supper call, 28, 55.

Sutler, no competition and no cut rates, 28.

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Tansell, James, 119.

Taylor, George, 119.

Taylor, John W., 119.

Taylor, James, 78, 119.

Taylor, Samuel, 119.

Thackery, Lieut., 78.

Thornton, Frank, 68, 79, 119.

Thornton, William, 119.

Treatment of prisoners, at Andersonville, (see Wirz).
Camps Chase and Douglas, 100-4.
Johnson’s Island, 100-1.
Efforts of Confederate authorities to relieve suffering, 123.
In Old Capitol, 73.
Gen. order No. 209, 124.
Ould’s letter to Hitchcock, 123.
Report of Confederate Congress, 127-130.
Report of Gen. Seymour, 126.
Statements of Confederate prisoners as to cruel treatment verified
by official reports, 101.
U. S. authorities aware of sufferings, but did not want exchange,
125-6.

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Unfortunate in matrimonial ventures, 60.

Uniforms, plain instead of showy, 15.

Upperville, from Parole Camp, 118.