Belle Boyd, In Camp and Prison, by Belle Boyd. Volume II of II

Published: London; Saunders, Otley, and Co., 1865

Note: Born 1844, Martinsburg, Virginia, at 16 she took up the cause of
the C.S.A. during the Civil War, and became the famous La Belle Rebelle

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                                BELLE BOYD,
                                    IN
                             CAMP AND PRISON.
                           With an Introduction
                         BY A FRIEND OF THE SOUTH.

                              IN TWO VOLUMES.
                                 VOL. II.

                                  LONDON:
                         SAUNDERS, OTLEY, AND CO.,
                         66 BROOK STREET, W. 1865.
                          [All rights reserved.]




                                  LONDON
                  WILLIAM STEVENS, PRINTER, 37 BELL YARD,
                              LINCOLN'S INN. 




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CONTENTS OF VOLUME THE SECOND.

CHAPTER I. I leave for Fortress Monroe - I am not permitted to see my 
Father - Interview with General Butler - My Luggage undergoes an 
Examination - Much of my Property is confiscated - General Jackson's Field-
glasses - My Letters of Introduction almost get me into Trouble - Kindness 
of Major Mulford and his Wife - General Butler attempts to re-capture me - 

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The bird is flown, his chagrin, as I afterwards learn - Ascending the 
James River The French Corvette - The Mirage - Arrival in Richmond . . . 1 

CHAPTER II. Kind reception at Richmond - I hear of my Father's Death - 
Efforts of my Friends to procure my Return Home - I go from Richmond 
further south - Kindness of friends during my illness - I am made Bearer 
of Despatches - Departure from Richmond - Too late for the Coquette - I 
take passage in the Greyhound . . . . . 20 

CHAPTER III. I leave Wilmington for Europe - Running the Blockade - Safe 
outside - Mal de mer - The Federal Cruiser - The Chase - The Yankee proves 
too fast - The First Shell - The Fire 

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grows hot - Forced to surrender - The English Sailor and his Flag . . . 31 

CHAPTER IV. We are boarded by an Officer from the Yankee - The U.S. 
Steamer Connecticut - An Officer, but no Gentleman - Strange state of 
Yankee Discipline - Scenes on Board of the Greyhound after her Capture -
"Ain't ye skeared?" - A proud boast . . . . . 44 

CHAPTER V. An eventful Meeting - A Gentleman at last - A Wife's Apology - 
Mr. Hardinge - I am disappointed - A pleasant Exchange - Farewell to Mr. 
Swasey - A ludicrous Incident - Captain "Henry's" best Boots - I am 
discovered through Treachery . . . . . 52 

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CHAPTER VI. Bound North - We are taken in tow - Our first Evening at Sea - 
We arrive at Fortress Monroe - Commodore Guerte Gansevoorte comes on Board 
in James River - We are paroled by him - His indignation against Mr. 
Hardinge for flying the English Ensign - The Commodore's Conduct whilst on 
Board - Arrival at New York - We go on Shore - I visit Niblos' Theatre - 
Return aboard and Departure for Boston - Love triumphant! . . . . . 62 

CHAPTER VII. Arrival in Boston - Our plan for re-capturing the Greyhound 
frustrated - Captain "Henry's" 

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Escape - How it was managed - Marshal Keyes comes on Board - The Search 
for the Captain - A false Report of his Arrest - I communicate with him - 
He leaves for New York - I bid adieu to the Greyhound - My Quarters on 
Shore - I am paroled for the City - Newspaper Rumours - Mr. Hardinge 
proceeds to Washington in my behalf - My Mother telegraphs to the 
Marshal - She is not permitted to see me - Politeness of the British 
Consul - I write a Letter to the Secretary of the Navy - Am pronounced 
insane - I am liberated - Mr. Hardinge and his Officers are placed under 
Arrest - Mr. Pollard is sent to Fort Warren - I leave for Canada . . . 84 

CHAPTER VIII. Arrival at Montreal - Niagara - A System of Espionage still 
around me - I depart for Europe - Passage across the Atlantic - Arrival 

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in London - I meet Mr. Hardinge once more - Our Marriage - Comments of the 
Press . . . . . 102 

CHAPTER IX. Lieutenant Hardinge's Journal - Arrival at Home - A Surprise - 
A silent Breakfast - Visit to Martinsburg - A pleasant little Excitement - 
A Negro Welcome - "Miss Belle's Husband" - A Portent - A Sailor's 
superstition - Capture - Poor Pat in the toils - A high-bred General - 
Lieutenant Adams - A Yankee Provost-Marshal - The Guard-house - The 
Restaurant - A Guardsman - Ordered off again - Arrival at Washington . . . 
. . 117 

CHAPTER X. Forrest Hall - A Lesson on Prison Luxury - The Torture - Close 
Packing - The "Neutral 

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Ground" - A good-natured Sentry - An Aristocrat - The Gouger - A tough 
Contest -Homage to the Victor - An Honour declined - The Carroll Prison - 
Defacing the Walls - Piety Hall - Unpleasant Tortures - "The Colonel" . . 
. . . 187 

CHAPTER XI. Journal continued - Letter to Mr. Stanton - Visit from Judge 
Turner - Room 25 - An Introduction in due form - Pleasant Society - A 
Dinner at last - Good Advice - A clandestine Communication - False Alarm - 
"That reminds me of a good Story" - A Massachusetts Officer in Trouble - 
The "Smasher's" Sentence - An imprisoned Wife and Child - Blockade-running 
. . . . . 158 

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CHAPTER XII. Introduced to the Ladies' Ward - Colonel Wood and his 
"Reminiscence-book" - Interview with Judge Turner - Sherman's Officers in 
Georgia - A hideous Outrage - Christmas in Prison - Home-sick - A drunken 
Sentry -Another Visit to the Ladies - The Young Girl's Sick Bed - A Rough 
Prison Carol . . . . . 172 

CHAPTER XIII. Mr. H.'s Journal continued - A Visit from my Parents - The 
Order for Removal - On the March - "Do you know Belle Boyd?" - An abrupt 
Introduction - Arrival in Philadelphia - Dismal Night Quarters - An 
unpleasant Ordeal - The Menagerie - En route for Wilmington - An Eight-
mile March - The Osceola - Fort Delaware - "Fresh Fish" - "Miss 

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Belle Boyd's Husband" - New Year's Eve - Turned Cook - Snow-balling - 
Sharp Practice . . . . . 190 

CHAPTER XIV. The "Pens" - Officers' Barracks - Privates' Barracks - The 
"Galvanized" Barracks - Galvanization and its results - General T.'s 
Experiment - The Barracks by Night - A Reckless Sentry - The wrong Man 
shot . . . . . 210 

CHAPTER XV. A piteous Spectacle - The Old Men's Petition - Piety of the 
Southern Soldiery - A Young Men's Christian Association - A Prison 
Service - Our Guardians - Colonel Wood - Mr. Wilson - Tom S. the Toady - 
How Tom got his Situation - The Ladies' Attendants - Aunt Lizzie - Mr. 

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L - The Spy discomfited - Our Cuisine -Scrap Pudding - How the Prison 
Officers made their Profit . . . . . 219 

CHAPTER XVI. Miss McDonough - A brutal Outrage - Treatment of Mr. W. R. 
Coyner - The "Court-martial" - Sentence - "Tossing in a Blanket" - The 
Torture by Fire - Fort Delaware - A Box of Clothing - Man of Consequence - 
Adjutant and General - The Blankets at last - The "Softest Plank" . . . 242 

CHAPTER XVII. Wanted at the Fort - The Order for Release - Farewells - 
Free at last - A cool Reception - An undignified Costume - No Conveyance - 
The Walk to Wilmington - Home 

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once more - Conclusion of Mr. Hardinge's Journal . . . . . 258 

CHAPTER XVIII. Conclusion of Mrs. S. Hardinge's Narrative . . . . . 269