THE

CAPTURE,

THE

Prison Len, and the Escape,

GIVING A COMPLETE

HISTORY OF PRISON LIFE IN THE SOUTH,

PRINCIPALLY AT

KICHMOND, DANVILLE, MACON, SAVANNAH, CHARLESTON, COLUMBIA, BELLE
ISLE, MILLIN, SALISBURY, AND ANDERSONVILLE: DESCRIBING
THE ARRIVAL OF PRISONERS, PLANS OF ESCAPE, WITH
NUMEROUS AND VARIED INCIDENTS AND
ANECDOTES OF PRISON LIFE;

EMBRACING, ALSO,

THE ADVENTURES OF THE AUTHOR'S ESCAPE FROM
COLUMBIA, S. C., RECAPTURE, SUBSEQUENT ESCAPE,
RECAPTURE, TRIAL AS SPY, AND FINAL ESCAPE
FROM SYLVANIA, GEORGIA.

With Illustrations.

BY WILLARD W. GLAZIER,

BREVET CAPTAIN NEW YORK VOL. CAVALRY.

"We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen."

HARTFORD, CONN.:

H. E. GOODWIN, PUBLISHER.

1868.

Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1885, Ly

WILLARD W. GLAZIER,

In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Northern
District of New York.

Manufactured by

CASE, LOCKWOOD & BRAINARD,

HARTFORD, CONN.

TO

THE WIDOWS, CHILDREN, FATHERS,

MOTHERS, BROTHERS, SISTERS, FRIENDS, AND
SURVIVING COMRADES

Of the Thousands of Brave Men

WHO LEFT THE PLEASURES AND COMFORTS OF HOME,

ABANDONED CHERISHED ENTERPRISES

AND BUSINESS SCHEMES

FOR THE PURPOSE OF SERVING THEIR COUNTRY,

AND WHO HAVE BEEN CAPTURED BY THE ENEMY WHILE IN

THE FAITHFUL PERFORMANCE OF THEIR DUTY,

AND GONE DOWN

TO UNTIMELY GRAVES THROUGH UNPARALLELED SUFFERINGS,

IS THIS VOLUME MOST RESPECTFULLY

DEDICATED

BY

THE AUTHOR

Hallow ye each unmarked grave, Make their memory sure and blest;

For their lives they nobly gave

And their spirits are at rest."