Eighteen Months a Prisoner Under the Rebel Flag

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. At the outbreak of the Great Rebellion in 1861 I was twenty - one years old, and just starting out in life for myself. I was a stout, healthy youth, just passing into the first flush of manhood, and scarce knew what an ache or pain was.