. The story of American heroism; thrilling narratives of personal adventures during the great Civil war, as told by the medal winners and roll of honor men . , in such manner as was mostexpeditious and possible. For such transportation no arrangements had been made. Each man, oreach detachment, was to consider the ways and means, and decide for himself,or themselves, as to the best course; but all were expected to l^e at therendezvous not later than Friday, the 11th. Once there, it was proposed to capture a locomotive, travel along theline of the road at all hazards, destroying bridges and tea
. The story of American heroism; thrilling narratives of personal adventures during the great Civil war, as told by the medal winners and roll of honor men . , in such manner as was mostexpeditious and possible. For such transportation no arrangements had been made. Each man, oreach detachment, was to consider the ways and means, and decide for himself,or themselves, as to the best course; but all were expected to l^e at therendezvous not later than Friday, the 11th. Once there, it was proposed to capture a locomotive, travel along theline of the road at all hazards, destroying bridges and tearing up rails behindthem, until death came to each, or the endof the journey had been reached. Could this be accomjilished GeneralBeauregards source of supplies would becut off to a certain extent. / l| To realize the magnitude of suchan undertaking it is well to considerthe dangers which would l)eset the party MC- before they should even arrive at thescene of their pro-posed operations. They w^ere toenter the Confed-eracy, where nat-urally every manwas an enemy,and where, sincethey were in ci-vilians costume,capture meantalmost instantand ignominious. death. During Destroying the Track. this march of two hundred miles they must of necessity encounter manypeople who would be curious as to the purpose of their journey, and whomust l)e deceived on every point. It would have seemed as if the obstacles of this two hundred mile marchmust have daunted everyone, and yet there were no murmurings, no attemptsto turn liack, no thought of bringing reproach upon the State of Ohio throughone of her sons proving himself—not a coward in such a case as this, but — aman who feared to attempt the apparently impossible. A. II.—4 78 THE STORY OF They were told that in case of success it might be possible for GeneralMitchel to deal the enemy a severe blow in the vicinity of Chattanooga; ifthey failed, the Union Army would not suffer because of the disaster, save in theloss of twenty-four men.
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