: Lights and Shadows in Confederate Prisons A Personal Experience 1864-5 by Sprague Homer B Homer Baxter - United States History Civil War 1861-1865 Prisoners and prisons US Civil War

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PAGE PREFACE v

The First, or Forenoon, Battle of Winchester, Indecisive--Sheridan's and Early's Mistakes--The Capture 1

At Winchester--On the Road thence to Tom's Brook, New Market, and Staunton 17

At Staunton--Thence to Waynesboro, Meacham's, and Richmond 32

At Libby--Thence to Clover, Danville, Greensboro, and Salisbury--Effort to Pledge us not to Attempt Escape 43

At Salisbury--Great Plot to Escape--How Frustrated 60

From Salisbury to Danville--The Forlorn Situation--Effort to "Extract Sunshine from Cucumbers"--The Vermin--The Prison Commandant a Yale Man--Proposed Theatricals--Rules Adopted--Studies--Vote in Prison for Lincoln and McClellan--Killing Time 77

Exact Record of Rations in Danville--Opportunity to Cook--Daily Routine of Proceedings from Early Dawn till Late at Night 93

Continual Hope of Exchange of Prisoners--"Flag-of-Truce Fever!"--Attempted Escape by Tunneling--Repeated Escapes by Members of Water Parties, and how we Made the Roll-Call Sergeant's Count Come Out all Right every Time--Plot to Break Out by Violence, and its Tragic End 106

Kind Clergymen Visit us and Preach Excellent Discourses--Colonel Smith's Personal Good Will to me--His Offer--John F. Ficklin's Charity--My Good Fortune--Supplies of Clothing Distributed--Deaths in Prison 120

Results and Reflections--The Right and the Wrong of it All 138

INDEX 157

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