CHAPTER PAGE I.--A SECRET MILITARY EXPEDITION 9 II.--MIDNIGHT CONSULTATION 27 III.--COMPANIONS AND INCIDENTS 36 IV.--A LOCOMOTIVE AND TRAIN CAPTURED 65 V.--UNFORESEEN HINDRANCES 75 VI.--A TERRIBLE RAILROAD CHASE 93 VII.--A NIGHT IN THE WOODS 120 VIII.--IN THE ENEMY'S POWER 136 IX.--OTHER CAPTURES 153 X.--A HORRIBLE PRISON 170 XI.--LIGHTS AND SHADOWS OF PRISON 182 XII.--THE FIRST TRAGEDY 197 XIII.--A CONFEDERATE COURT-MARTIAL 205 XIV.--THE CROWNING HORROR 221 XV.--PRISON RELIGION 228 XVI.--LIBERTY OR DEATH? 244 XVII.--ROMANTIC ESCAPES 262 XVIII.--FROM ATLANTA TO THE GULF 274 XIX.--FROM ATLANTA TO RICHMOND 293 XX.--LIBBY AND CASTLE THUNDER 308 XXI.--SICKNESS AND LIBERTY 326 APPENDIX: No. I.--EXTRACTS FROM THE REPORT OF JUDGE-ADVOCATE-GENERAL HOLT TO THE SECRETARY OF WAR 341 No. II.--A SOUTHERN ESTIMATE 345 No. III.--A FRENCHMAN'S VIEW OF THE CHATTANOOGA RAILROAD EXPEDITION 350 No. IV.--OLD SCENES REVISITED 352 ILLUSTRATIONS. PAGE 1. The Chase _Frontispiece._ 2. GENERAL O. M. MITCHEL 11 3. MIDNIGHT CONSULTATION 32 4. WILLIAM PITTENGER 42 5. MAP OF CHATTANOOGA AND ITS RAILROAD CONNECTIONS 58 6. CAPTURE OF A TRAIN 71 7. WILLIAM A. FULLER 87 8. D. A. DORSEY 156 9. A TERRIBLE DESCENT 172 10. LIBERTY OR DEATH! 255 11. W. W. BROWN 264 12. DORSEY AND HAWKINS IN THE CUMBERLAND MOUNTAINS 272 13. SAVED AT SEA 290 CAPTURING A LOCOMOTIVE. CHAPTER I. A SECRET MILITARY EXPEDITION.