"Arrangements should be at once made" : plans and prisoners, 1861
"I fear they will prove an elephant" : the first wave of prisoners, 1862
"All seem rejoiced at the idea of going" : prisoner exchange, 1862-63
"In view of the awful vortex" : the collapse of the cartel and the second wave of prisoners
"The first time I ever desired to be in a penitentiary" : capture and transport
"Nothing to do & nothing to do it with" : the constant battle with boredom
"i had rather bee hear then to bee a marching" : keepers in blue
"Don't be so hasty and you may get out" : the possibility of escape
"Almost starving in a land of plenty" : rations and retaliation
"Inevitable death awaited its victims" : the health of the prisoners
"Our honor could in no way be compromised" : the road to release.