. Daring and suffering: a history of the Andrews Railroad Raid into Georgia in 1862 .. . Seen by the Lightning Flash. CHAPTER HISTORY OF JAMES J. ANDREWS. THERE are few more romantic figures among those who rose intoprominence during the great civil war than James J. Andrews. Themanner in which he inspired confidence among the officers of theNorthern and Southern armies alike, and bound to him all the privatesoldiers with whom he came in contact, is very remarkable. The charac-ter of our parting from him at the beginning of the furious thunderstorm. Flemingsburg, Ky. From a photogra
. Daring and suffering: a history of the Andrews Railroad Raid into Georgia in 1862 .. . Seen by the Lightning Flash. CHAPTER HISTORY OF JAMES J. ANDREWS. THERE are few more romantic figures among those who rose intoprominence during the great civil war than James J. Andrews. Themanner in which he inspired confidence among the officers of theNorthern and Southern armies alike, and bound to him all the privatesoldiers with whom he came in contact, is very remarkable. The charac-ter of our parting from him at the beginning of the furious thunderstorm. Flemingsburg, Ky. From a photograph. on the evening of April 7, 1862, which was a fitting emblem of the enter-prise on which we had entered, shows how strong was the impression hehad already made upon us. After that interview I felt no doubt as to theissue of the enterprise. The quiet confidence and matter-of-fact tone ofAndrews assured me of success. Similar feelings were expressed byother members of the party. Who was he, and how had he come to occupy his unique position—neither a soldier nor an officer, yet counseling officers and commanding 54 Daring and Suffering. soldiers? None of our party could have answered this question then, butit is well to give the reader nil the information since acquired by diligentsearch at Flemingsburg and elsewhere. Flemingsburg is a small rural county seat, situated on the slope of asteep hill, on the border of the blue grass region of Kentucky. Thepopulation, only 1200, has scarcely changed since the beginning of thewar. The branch of a small rai
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