This account of Peter Hartman's Civil War experiences as a conscientious objector portrays examples of nonresistance under test. The reader will be encouraged to continue steadfast in the faith of our fathers. Reprinted from the 1964 edition.

• Preface
• Introduction to the 1988 Printing

• Reminiscences
• The Church Opposed to Slavery
• The Church Opposed to War
• John Brown's Raid Stirs the South
• "If Lincoln Is Elected"
• "There Is a Tremendous Storm Brewing in the South"
• The First Great Battle
• To My Family
• The Period of Hiding for Mennonite Draftees
• Prisoners in Richmond
• We'll All Go Home
• Some Hardships of War
• The Battle of Harrisonburg
• An Interview With General Sheridan
• Off for the North
• Viewing the Body of Lincoln
• The End of the War the the Return Home

• The Life of Peter S. Hartman
• School Years
• Becoming a Christian
• Promoter of Church
• Interest in Christian Education
• Farmer and Businessman
• A Man With a Sense of Mission

• Acknowledgements