Identifier: daringsufferingh03pitt Title: Daring and suffering: a history of the Andrews Railroad Raid into Georgia in 1862 .. Year: 1887 (1880s) Authors: Pittenger, William, 1840-1904 Subjects: Chattanooga Railroad Expedition, 1862 Publisher: New York, The War Publishing Co. Contributing Library: The Library of Congress Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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Text Appearing Before Image: g of that deep feelingwhich makes it hard to die undera false name and character. Oneman of the most dauntless cou-rage, who never did reveal any-thing until a council of the pris-oners decided to abandon con-cealment, told me that he hadfully resolved, if put to death inthe woods, that just before hedied he would give his own nameand character, and defy them todo their worst. None of thosefirst captured betrayed their com-rades, and no one of them could have given names or descriptions ofmore than two or three of his more intimate associates, so little had webeen thrown together. Not the slightest blame can be attached to thesefirst captives, therefore, for revealing themselves; but unfortunately, theyfirst told the old Kentucky story which had already served us so well thatwe forgot that it might wear out ! After that, whenever a man \vas foundhailing from this state and county, he was set down as one of us, and no•denial would even be listened to. It would have gore hard with any

Text Appearing After Image: Samuel Slavens. From a war-time photograph. 182 Daring and Suffering. genuine resident of Fleming county who happened to be travelling in theSouth at that time ! Campbell, the Hercules of the party, Slavens, also a man of massiveproportions, and Shadrack, were the first to leave the fagging General.It has even been said that they jumped off under the command of Andrewsbefore we reached Ringgold, and that as we came near the town the de- f/3

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