. Daring and suffering: a history of the Andrews Railroad Raid into Georgia in 1862 .. . could attack in one direction only. Thus Mitchel would have time to bringup his own reserve force of five or six thousand, join hands with Buell atCorinth, and with all the forces of the North at Nashville; and if the Southchose to further reinforce, and make the final issue of the war to be deter-mined around Chattanooga, the Federals would have no reason to com-plain. But enough of military speculation as to what might have been ! The Andrews party were greatly crowded in the large hotel at Mariettaon Fr
. Daring and suffering: a history of the Andrews Railroad Raid into Georgia in 1862 .. . could attack in one direction only. Thus Mitchel would have time to bringup his own reserve force of five or six thousand, join hands with Buell atCorinth, and with all the forces of the North at Nashville; and if the Southchose to further reinforce, and make the final issue of the war to be deter-mined around Chattanooga, the Federals would have no reason to com-plain. But enough of military speculation as to what might have been ! The Andrews party were greatly crowded in the large hotel at Mariettaon Friday night, having to sleep three or four to a bed, but soldiers are notft st id ions, and the greater number slept soundly. We had unboundedconfidence in our leader, whose part it was to provide for all contingencies. Andrews scarcely slept at all that night. He first went to the hoteland saw that those who lodged there hail made arrangements for beintr 1 Official Report of E. Kirby Smith, April 13th, 1S62.—War Records, Series I.,Vol. X., Part 1. page 643. Capture of the Train. 99. called on time in the and Hawkins, who hadcome down the evening before,and had gone to bed much earlier,were not seen, and as they had notpaid the waiter any fee for rousingthem early, they were left behind;a diminution of our force muchregretted, as they were both bravemen and Hawkins was an expe-rienced engineer. This left us butnineteen men out of the thirtythat, I judge, had been originallyselected. We were all roused promptlyat the railroad hotel, a little be-fore daybreak. Andrews, whocame back to us, now went fromroom to room while we were dress-ing, seeing every man, giving himexact orders as to his part in thework of the morning. There wassuppressed fire in his low, almostwhispered words, a calm confi-dence in his tones that was con- The Western and Atlantic, or Georgia StateRailroad. tagious. There seemed to be nodoubt, hesitation, or shrinking on hispart, but, on the cont
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