A first-person prison diary recounts arrest and confinement in a wartime city jail, detailing daily routine, accommodations, rations, illnesses, guards, and the habits prisoners adopted to endure long confinement. The narrative follows parole and transfer to a parole camp, the exchange process, and a subsequent journey through Southern territory back toward active service, with vivid travel impressions of rivers, towns, and military camps. Interwoven are reflections on the treatment of prisoners of war, efforts to correct public misconceptions about prison officials, lists of fellow inmates, maps and illustrations, and anecdotes collected from other captives.