The capture, the prison pen and the escape, giving a complete history of prison life in the South, principally at Richmond, Danville, Macon, Savannah, Charleston, Columbia, Belle Isle, Millin, Salisbury, and Andersonville ... Embracing, also, the adventures of the author's escape from Columbia, South Carolina, his recapture, subsequent escape, recapture, trial as spy, and final escape from Sylvania, Georgia,
"For the great empire of liberty, forward!" Speech of Maj-Gen. Carl Schurz, of wisconsin, delivered at Conert hall, Philadelphia, on Friday evening, September 16, 1864.