CHAPTER I. The Fall of Fort Sumpter - President's call for Volunteers - Organization of a Company at Lynchburg - Recruiting at Camp Harvey - Muster-in at Webertown - Farewell Sermon. pp. 1 - 5
CHAPTER II. Leaving Lynchburg - Arrival at Camp Dennison - Assigned to Quarters - Drill - Uniforms - Tents - Visits of Citizens of Lynchburg - Presentation of Swords - New Quarters - First Payment - Full Companies - Regiment Full - Field and Staff'- Band - Monotony of Camp Life. pp. 6 - 11
CHAPTER III. Marching Orders - Steamboat Ride Down the Ohio - Paducah - Without Arms - Rumors of an Attack - Armed with Austrian Rifles - Up the Tennessee - Fort Henry - Hog Mountain - First Shot - Savannah - Pittsburg Landing - Death of Capt. Ireland - Rebel Graves - Disembarking - First Camp, pp. 12 - 16
CHAPTER IV. Camp at Shiloh Church - Reconnoisance - Lieut. Greer Captured - Orders for Strict Watch - Battle Imminent - The Attack of April 6th - Long-Roll - In Line of Battle - To the Support of the Pickets - Counter-March - Second Line of Battle - The Rebel Charge and Repulse - Arrival of Capt. Hammond - Orders to Retreat - New Position - Repulse of the Enemy - Camp of the 81st Ohio - Arrival at the Landing - Advance to Support a Battery - The Rebel Charge - Their Repulse and Retreat - Arrival of Gen. Buell's Troops - Night - Rain. pp. 17 - 24
CHAPTER V. Battle of the Seventh - The Final Rout - Reoccupying Our Camps - The Battle-field - Burial of the Dead - Following the Enemy on the Eighth - The Attack on the 77th Ohio - The 48th Ohio to Their Support - Return to Camp - Our Dead and Wounded - Extracts from the Cincinnati Dailies - The Battle No Surprise - Loss in Both Armies - Extracts from Gen. Sherman's Official Report - Arrival of the Sanitary Commission - Gen. Halleck Takes Command - Band Discharged - Drill. pp. 25 - 40
CHAPTER VI. On the Road to Corinth - Order to March - Joke on Sergeant Reed - First Earthworks - Second Advance - Camp Number Six - Engagement at tbe Russell House - Talk with tbe Rebel Pickets - Separation of Mother and Child - Last Line of Earthworks - Evacuation of Corinth - The Pursuit and Return - Comparison of the Two Armies. pp. 41 - 50
CHAPTER VII. On to Memphis - Visit of Thomas Peale, Esq., of Lynchburg - Return of Lieut. Col. Parker - La-Grange - Moscow - Lafayette - Newton and the Snake - Return to Moscow - March to Holly Springs and Return - Contrabands - On the March to Memphis - White Station - Memphis - Camp at Fort Pickering - Maj. Wise and Lieut. Fields Resign - Return of Absentees - On Provost Guard - Cincinnati Reported Captured - Trip to Randolph - Rebel Cotton Burners. pp. 51 - 59
CHAPTER VIII. Expedition for Vicksburg - Marching Orders - Down the Mississippi - Milliken's Bend - Up the Yazoo - March Through the Swamps - First Attack on Vicksburg - Picketing - Evacuation - Up the Mississippi and Arkansas Rivers - Arkansas Post - Battle and Capture of the Garrison - Loss in Killed and Wounded. pp. 60 - 68
CHAPTER IX. Return Down the River - Napoleon - Young's Point - Digging the Canal - Overflowed - Scheme Abandoned - Pioneer Corps - Promotions - Arrival of General Grant - New Camp - Milliken's Bend - Change of Surgeons - Paymaster - Complimentary Order - Major Moats - Military Board - Seventeenth Ohio Battery. pp. 69 - 74
CHAPTER X. Marching Orders - To the Rear of Vicksburg - Holmes' Plantation - Extract from General Sherman's "Memoirs" - Our Gun-boats Passing the Vicksburg Batteries - Smith's Landing - Return of Lieut. Col. Parker - Lake St. Joe - Grand Gulf - Crossing the Mississippi at Bruinsburg - Battle of Magnolia Hills - Port Gibson - Grind-Stone Ford - Foragers - Rocky Springs - Willow Springs - Cayuga - Gen. Sherman's Visit - Old Auburn - Raymond - Battle of Champion Hills - Black River Bridge. pp. 75 - 84
CHAPTER XI. Assault on the Nineteenth - Attack on the Twentieth - Charge on the Twenty-Second - Our Flag on the Rebel Fort - Retreat After Night - Killed and Wounded - Extract from Cincinnati Commercial - Flag of Truce - Burying the Dead - Picketing and Mining - Blowing Up of Fort Hill - Surrender of Vicksburg, July 4th. pp. 85 - 95
CHAPTER XII. Marching Orders for Jackson - Excessive Heat - Siege of Jackson - Gen. Johnston Evacuates - Return to Vicksburg - Furloughs - Col. P. J. Sullivan Resigns - Steamer "City of Madison" Blown Up - Embarking for New Orleans - Camp at Carrollton - Grand Review by Gens. Grant and Banks - Extract from New Orleans Era. pp. 96 - 106
CHAPTER XIII. Ordered to Western Louisiana - Berwick City - Teche Country - Franklin - Orange Groves - Election for Governor of Ohio - Guarding Steamers on the Teche - Surprise of the First Brigade - New Iberia - Foraging - Protection Papers. pp. 107 - 111
CHAPTER XIV. Ordered to New Orleans-Embarking for Texas - Trip Across the Gulf - De Crow's Point - Dog-Tents - Distributing the Amnesty Proclamation - Planting the Flag in Texas - Skirmish Drill - Fishing and Gathering Shells - Short Rations - Cold New Year - Veterans - Ordered on Board a Condemned Vessel - Return to New Orleans - Re-enlisting - Veteran Medals - Promotions. pp. 112 - 125
CHAPTER XV. Ordered to Franklin - Guarding Pontoon Train - Alexandria - Natchitoches - Capture of Pavy and McCune - Guarding the Wagon Train - Battle of Sabine Cross Roads - Out of Ammunition - Enemy in the Rear - Retreat Cut Off - Capture - On Our Way to Prison - Extracts from Gen. Ransom's Official Report - Number Captured - Extracts from Report of Committee on Conduct of the War - The Rebel General Taylor's Report of the Battle - First Night as Prisoners - Confederate Rations - School House - Marshall - Flag Song. pp. 126 - 151
CHAPTER XVI. Arrival at Camp Ford - The Stockade - Building Huts - Col. Allen Relieved by Col. Border - Adjutant McEachan - "Keno" - Tied Up by the Thumbs - Rations Cut Off - The Famous Order, "Kill All Recaptured Prisoners" - New Recruits from Gen. Steel's Army - Building Hospital - Poisonous Insects - Fourth of July Celebration - Exchange of One Thousand Prisoners - New "Cart-el" - Tunneling - Our Flag in Prison - Different Trades - Inflation Prices - Old Citizen Dumped - Brutal Treatment of Prisoners - Escape of Maj. Bering and Lieut. Srofe - New Commander. pp. 152 - 170
CHAPTER XVII. Paroled - Leaving Camp Ford - Arrival at Four-Mile Spring - Maj. Bering and Lieut. Srofe on Their Way Back to Prison - Journey to Grand Ecore - Camped at Alexandria - Arrival at the Mississippi - Exchanged - The Old Flag - New Orleans - Col. Dwight - Natchez - Provost Guard - Consolidated with the 83d Ohio - Home on Veteran Furlough. pp. 171 - 180
CHAPTER XVIII. Preparation for Active Service Again - Brigaded with Colored Troops - Embarking for New Orleans - Arrival at Barrancas, Fla. - Prison Veterans Rejoin from Furlough - Pascagoula - Ft. Blakely Invested - The Charge and Capture - Up the Alabama River - Selma - Return to Mobile - Explosion of Rebel Ammunition - Ordered to Texas - Arrival at Galveston -- Muster-Out of the 83d Ohio - The Old 48th Ohio Itself Again - Ordered to Houston - Break-Bone Fever - Back to Galveston - Promotions On Various Duties - Final Muster-Out - Arrival at Columbus - Home and a Quiet Life - Reid's History of the 48th Ohio - Testimonials of Brigade and Division Commanders. pp. 181 - 197
THE ESCAPE AND RE-CAPTURE OF MAJ. J. A. BERING AND LIEUT. W. J. SROFE. CHAPTER I. Preparing Rations - The Forged Pass - Concealed in Sight of Prison - "Ten O'Clock and All's Well" - Crossing the Sabine River - Crossing the Bridge at the Mill - The Blood-Hounds on Our Trail - Run into a Trap - Hounds Baffled - Escape - Man with a Gun - Passing Around a Village - An All Night Tramp - Moonlight View of the Country - Hounds on the Trail Again - Narrow Escape from the Hounds - Parching Corn Under Difficulties - Lost in a Dark Swamp - Waiting for the Moon to Rise. pp. 201 - 215
CHAPTER II. Making a Raft-Crossing Little Cypress - Wading the Overflowed Bottoms - Crossing Big Cypress - Crossing Sulphur Fork - Wading and Swimming - Pass for a Rebel Deserter - Begging for Something to Eat - Relating Camp Rumors - Journey Interrupted by Rain - Capturing a Slave on a mule - In the Indian Territory - Out of Our Course - Conversation with Three Slaves - The First Dinner - Carried Down the Stream - A Night Among the Owls and Mosquitos - Fording Little River. pp. 216 - 228
CHAPTER III. The Arkansas Hills - The Hum of the Spinning-Wheel - The Last Match - Roast Pumpkin and Parched Corn - Almost Home - Re-Captured - Bound With Ropes - A Retrograde Movement - Another Unfortunate Yankee On Exhibition - Entertained by Young Ladies - The Old Lady's Lecture on the War - Sent to Washington, Arkansas - The Guests in the Parlor - In the Court House - Offer of "Jewelry" - Rebel Officers on a Spree - On the Road to Camden - Battle Field of Prairie d'Ann - Eating Two Days' Rations for Supper - Slaughter of the Colored Troops - No Quarter. pp. 229 - 240
CHAPTER IV. In the Cotton-Shed at Camden - Pandemonium - Sent to the Hospital - On the Road Again - Guarded by Blood-Hounds - Prisoners Lassoed - Wading Through a Stream by Request - Arrival et Shreveport - Meeting Our Regiment Homeward Bound - Our First Mail - No Water for "Yankees" - Camp Ford - Home Again - Sentenced - Our New Cabin - Northers - Presidential Election - Tramping in the Ring. pp. 241 - 255
CHAPTER V. The Rebel Army Ordered to Richmond, Va. - The Troops Refuse to Cross the Mississippi - Invasion of Missouri - Rebel Soldiers Plundering their Own People - Burial of the Beef - Plot to Overpower the Guards - 1,200 Prisoners Exchanged - Their Condition When They Reached New Orleans - The Last Ditch - Foreign Intervention - Lee's Surrender - The War to Last Forty Years Longer - "The Gates Ajar" - The Homeward Journey - Under the Old Flag - Mustered Out - Description of Camp Ford, Three Months After our Departure - Destruction of Camp Ford. pp. 256 - 272
APPENDIX. Additional List of Killed and Wounded of the 48th Ohio Vet. Vols. - List of Officers of the 13th Army Corps, Prisoners at Camp Ford, Texas - Roster of the Commissioned Officers of the 48th Ohio Vet. Vols. pp. 273 - 284
ERRATUM On page 64, line 14, for 40,000 men, read 30,000.
Scanned from a copy of the original 10/97 - 12/99 by Don D. Worth, worth@ucla.edu While this book is in the public domain, this digitization is Copyright 1999, Don D. Worth,
and may not be published or reproduced without permission.Note on Editions: Two printings of this edition are thought to have existed. The first printing is represented here and has 284 pages. A subsequent printing was done with 290 pages. The only difference between the printings appears to be the addition of a roster for Company C to the appendix of the book. Both printings have the same copyright date (1880) and the erratum is not corrected in the second printing.
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