. The great locomotive chase; a history of the Andrews railroad raid into Georgia in 1862 . ents I wasmuch amused in noticing what all persons who have had much to do withsifting testimony have been forced to recognize—the uncertainty, in minutepoints, of the best witnesses. None of us had any motive to recall anyother than the exact facts; but we differed in a thousand little matters,though none of the discrepancies were of practical importance. With thisnarrative in view, I questioned the others carefully about those thingswhich I had not jotted down at the time, or which took place beyond t
. The great locomotive chase; a history of the Andrews railroad raid into Georgia in 1862 . ents I wasmuch amused in noticing what all persons who have had much to do withsifting testimony have been forced to recognize—the uncertainty, in minutepoints, of the best witnesses. None of us had any motive to recall anyother than the exact facts; but we differed in a thousand little matters,though none of the discrepancies were of practical importance. With thisnarrative in view, I questioned the others carefully about those thingswhich I had not jotted down at the time, or which took place beyond thebounds of my own experience. Substantial agreement, with numberlessminute divergencies, was the outcome. For example (and this was themore striking from its non-essential character) we began to talk of the num-ber of windows in the upper cell of Swims jail in Chattanooga. Therewas no difference as to the lower room, for every detail of that horribleplace was burned into our memories forever. But some said there werethree windows in the upper room, and others that there were but Illl* t!»»M>^
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