. The great locomotive chase; a history of the Andrews railroad raid into Georgia in 1862 . sym-pathy with the policy of delay. Mitchel was as fully informed of all war topics as any person outsidethe war department could be. He was indeed a man of whom it is diffi-cult to speak too highly, and if he had possessed the rank and opportu-nities of one of the great generals we have mentioned, the story of the warwould certainly have been different. His fame as a man of original gen- 3° Daring and Suffering. ius—as astronomer, mechanician, inventor, and civil engineer—was wel] iestablished before t
. The great locomotive chase; a history of the Andrews railroad raid into Georgia in 1862 . sym-pathy with the policy of delay. Mitchel was as fully informed of all war topics as any person outsidethe war department could be. He was indeed a man of whom it is diffi-cult to speak too highly, and if he had possessed the rank and opportu-nities of one of the great generals we have mentioned, the story of the warwould certainly have been different. His fame as a man of original gen- 3° Daring and Suffering. ius—as astronomer, mechanician, inventor, and civil engineer—was wel] iestablished before the war began. He was the better prepared for his <duties because he had graduated at West Point, and served a short timeas professor there, before making so bright a mark in civil life. Whenthe war broke out he had been appointed first to superintend the fortifi- Ication of Cincinnati, which was soon finished; and he then obtained per-mission to raise troops for the deliverance of East Tennessee, always afavorite object with him; but military etiquette interfered with his march. Gen. O. M. Mitchel. From a photograph furnished by his son, F. A. Mitchel, Esq. I across Kentucky, which was in another Generals department, and thescheme was abandoned. He was then assigned to the command of a divi-sion, and had brought it to the highest state of efficiency. He knew so wel} ithe state of the South that he felt willing to trust himself anywhere in the -enemys country with that division alone. He lingered with Buell a longtime in front of Louisville, and writes home with the delight of a boy letout of school when once the order to advance is given; he almost dragsBuell on to Nashville, offering to become responsible with his head for Ithe issue of the events if the permission to go forward is only given; over-comes obstacles such as rivers, obstructed roads, and burnt bridges with Mitchel and A ndrews A rrange a Second Raid. 31 an ease born of thorough knowledge and boundless ene
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