. The story of the "General", 1862. -- . SAMUEL SLAVEXS, Private, Company E, 33dOhio Infantry, member of the Andrews Raiding in Atlanta, Ga., June 18, 1862. TiUMtei. ANTHONY MURPHY, Foreman of the W. & R. Shops in 1862, member of Capt. FullersPursuing in Atlanta, Ga. The Story of the General: 21 Two monuments, with tablets, have also beenerected by the Nashville, Chattanooga & St. LouisRailway, one marking the spot at which the Gen-eral was captured and the other where it was aban-doned. A third tablet has been erected in frontof the engine General in Chattanoo
. The story of the "General", 1862. -- . SAMUEL SLAVEXS, Private, Company E, 33dOhio Infantry, member of the Andrews Raiding in Atlanta, Ga., June 18, 1862. TiUMtei. ANTHONY MURPHY, Foreman of the W. & R. Shops in 1862, member of Capt. FullersPursuing in Atlanta, Ga. The Story of the General: 21 Two monuments, with tablets, have also beenerected by the Nashville, Chattanooga & St. LouisRailway, one marking the spot at which the Gen-eral was captured and the other where it was aban-doned. A third tablet has been erected in frontof the engine General in Chattanooga. Mr. Pittenger, in his book, Capturing a Loco-motive, says: We obstructed the track as well aswe could by laying on crossties at different also cut the wires between every station. Fi-nally, when we were nearly to the station where weexpected to meet the last train, we stopped to takeup a rail. We had no instruments but a crowbar,and instead of pulling out the spikes, as we couldhave done with the pinch bars used for that pur-pose by railroad men, we had to batter them as we were going to relinquish the effort, thewhistle of an engine in pursui
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