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Title: The great locomotive chase; a history of the Andrews railroad raid into Georgia in 1862
Year: 1917 (1910s)
Authors: Pittenger, William, 1840-1904
Subjects: Chattanooga Railroad Expedition, 1862
Publisher: Philadelphia, The Penn publishing company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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Q. Photograph of Geo. W. Walton . 60. Photograph of Robert Buffum 61. Photograph of William Bensinger 62. Seizing the Guard at Atlanta 63. The Race in the Woods 64. Photograph of Elihu H. Mason . 65. Victory over Bloodhounds ! 66. Brown and Knight Capture a Pig 67. The Fugitives entering a Cave . 68. Photograph of T). A. Dorsey 69. Photograph of Martin J. Hawkins 70. Photograph of John R. Porter . 71. Photograph of Mark Wood 72. At Sight of the Old Flag ! . 73. Photograph of Libby Prisons 74. Taking a Dead Mans Name 75. Eating in the Engine-room . 76. Fac-simile of Congress Medals of Honor 77. Interview with President Lincoln : A little luck with the battles, 78. Photograph of W. W. Brown 79. Jacob Parrott and D. A. Dorsay overlooking Chattanooga 80. Photograph of William H. Roddick .... 81. Photographs of Seven Survivors of the Andrews Raid 82. Photographs of Members of the First Expedition 83. Captured Locomotive at Columbus G. A. R. Encampment 84. Ohio Monument ...•..,., and 308,
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DARING AND SUFFERING. I CHAPTER I. A SECRET MILITARY RAID IN THE WEST. ij 1 T is painful for me to recall the adventures of the year beginning April7th, 1862. As I compose my mind to the task there rises before methe memory of days of suffering and nights of sleepless apprehension,—days and nights that in their black monotony seemed well nigh eternal.And time has not yet dulled the sorrow of that terrible day, when comradesmade dear as brothers by common danger and suffering were suddenlydragged to a fearful death that I expected soon to share. A man whohas walked for months in the shadow of the scaffold and escaped at lastalmost by miracle will never find the experience a pleasant one to dwellupon, even in thought. Yet it cannot be forgotten, and the easiest way toanswer the inquiries of friends, and to satisfy the curiosity of the public,is to put the whole matter candidly, faithfully, and minutelv on record. In the spring of 1862 a small secret expedition was sent from theUnion l

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