| PART I | ||
| IN THE MERCHANT SERVICE | PAGE | |
| I. | How I went to Sea | 3 |
| II. | My First Voyage | 24 |
| III. | The Mutiny | 40 |
| IV. | Not Born to be Drowned | 54 |
| V. | A “Shanghaeing” Episode | 64 |
| VI. | To California before the Gold Discovery | 77 |
| VII. | Recapturing a Runaway | 93 |
| VIII. | Chased by Pirates | 115 |
| PART II | ||
| IN THE NAVAL SERVICE | ||
| I. | The Outbreak of the Civil War | 137 |
| II. | A Night Attack by a Confederate Ram | 148 |
| III. | The Passage of the Forts and the Capture of New Orleans | 162 |
| IV. | On to New Orleans | 178 |
| V. | Chasing a Blockade Runner | 191 |
| VI. | A Narrow Escape | 205 |
| VII. | A Successful Still Hunt | 220 |
| VIII. | Catching a Tartar | 230 |
| IX. | The Naval Traitor | 240 |
| X. | Hunting for Bushwhackers | 254 |
| XI. | The End of the Struggle | 271 |