A Union private chronicles his capture during a major campaign and fifteen months in Confederate confinement, offering a chronological account of marches, field hospitals, and transfer between prisons such as Libby, Danville, Andersonville, and Florence. He describes overcrowding, inadequate rations, disease, death rates, improvised shelters, theft and internal policing, attempted escapes, and harsh punishments, alongside small acts of mutual aid. The narrative also records observations on prison officials and camp administration, reflections on patriotic duty, gratitude for sanitary relief efforts, and the eventual exchange and return home, providing firsthand testimony of suffering, endurance, and comradeship under captivity.