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THE DISPATCH CARRIER
and
MEMOIRS OF ANDERSONVILLE PRISON BY COMRADE Wm. N. TYLER.
CONTENTS
| THE DISPATCH CARRIER | |
|---|---|
| —— | |
| PREFACE. | 2 |
| CHAPTER I. | 3 |
| CHAPTER II. | 13 |
| CHAPTER III. | 22 |
| CHAPTER IV. | 33 |
| CHAPTER V. | 45 |
| CHAPTER VI. | 54 |
| CHAPTER VII. | 66 |
| CHAPTER VIII. | 79 |
| MEMOIRS OF ANDERSONVILLE PRISON | |
| —— | |
| CHAPTER I. | 1 |
| CHAPTER II. | 9 |
| CHAPTER III. | 23 |
| CHAPTER IV. | 34 |
| CHAPTER V. | 53 |
THE DISPATCH CARRIER
—BY—
COMRADE Wm. N. TYLER,
CO. I, 9TH ILL. CAV.; CO. B, 95TH ILL. VOL. INF.
A THRILLING DESCRIPTION OF THE ADVENTURES
OF A DISPATCH CARRIER IN THE LATE WAR; THE
CAPTURE, IMPRISONMENT, ESCAPE AND RE
CAPTUREOF A UNION SOLDIER—A COM
PLETENARRATIVE OF A SOLDIER'S
INDIVIDUAL EXPERIENCE IN THE
CIVIL WAR, FROM 1861 TO 1865,
AS WRITTEN BY HIMSELF.
SECOND EDITION.
PORT BYRON, ILL.:
Port Byron "Globe" Print.
1892.
PREFACE.
Books, as a general rule, have prefaces. I write a preface to this book,not because I think it necessary, but because it is customary. I did notkeep a diary, and it may be that I have not given the right date everytime, but there is nothing in this book but what is strictly true, andthe most of it is my own personal experience and that of my comrades whoparticipated in my adventures while a soldier. The reason I do not givethe names of my comrades is because they are scattered to the fourquarters of the globe, and I do not know where they are except a few wholive neighbors to me, and I have no right to use their names withouttheir consent.
I will give a thrilling description of my experience as a dispatchcarrier and finally my capture and imp