. The great locomotive chase; a history of the Andrews railroad raid into Georgia in 1862 . every preparation made, so therewas nothing to do but to wait as patiently as we could. It was a thrilling moment when the conductor called out, Big Shanty !twenty minutes for breakfast! and we could see the white tents of therebel troops and even the guards slowly pacing their beats. Big Shanty(now called Kenesaw) had been selected for the seizure because it was abreakfast station, and because it had no telegraph office. When Andrewshad been here on the previous expedition, few troops were seen, but th
. The great locomotive chase; a history of the Andrews railroad raid into Georgia in 1862 . every preparation made, so therewas nothing to do but to wait as patiently as we could. It was a thrilling moment when the conductor called out, Big Shanty !twenty minutes for breakfast! and we could see the white tents of therebel troops and even the guards slowly pacing their beats. Big Shanty(now called Kenesaw) had been selected for the seizure because it was abreakfast station, and because it had no telegraph office. When Andrewshad been here on the previous expedition, few troops were seen, but thenumber was now greatly increased. It is difficult to tell just how manywere actually here, for they were constantly coming and going; but thereseems to have been three or four regiments, numbering not far from athousand men each. They were encamped almost entirely on the westside of the road, but their camp guard included the railroad depot. Assoon as the train stopped, the conductor, engineer, fireman, and most ofthe passengers hurried for breakfast into the long low shed on the east. Capture of the Train. 103 side of the road, which gave the place its name. No guard whatever wasleft—a fortunate circumstance for us, but not at all unusual on Southernroads even when not so well guarded by soldiers as this train was. Nowwas our opportunity ! yet for a moment we were compelled to keep ourseats and wait the appointed signal by our leader. It required a strongeffort of will to keep from rushing forward. We had no desire for eatingas we saw the passengers leaving their seats around us and pouring in tobreakfast. The moments seemed hours; for we knew that when thesignal was given, we must do our work in less than half a minute or beslaughtered on the spot; we also knew that any one of us who failed toget on board with the rest would be lost; but we did not know how longduring the twenty minutes Andrews would wait. If anything could begained by waiting five or ten minutes we were s
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