. Daring and suffering: a history of the Andrews Railroad Raid into Georgia in 1862 .. . , and Brown, whohad now taken the throttle, turned on a full head of steam, and we oncemore flew along the track. At the same time, we who were in the box-car, put a line of ties along its floor and kept them moving to the hole inthe end, and let them drop, as fast as possible on the track. This wasrapidly exhausting our ammunition, but it was effectual in enforcing slow-ness and caution upon the pursuers. Fuller could not run rapidly in theface of such a succession of obstacles. He did the best he could,
. Daring and suffering: a history of the Andrews Railroad Raid into Georgia in 1862 .. . , and Brown, whohad now taken the throttle, turned on a full head of steam, and we oncemore flew along the track. At the same time, we who were in the box-car, put a line of ties along its floor and kept them moving to the hole inthe end, and let them drop, as fast as possible on the track. This wasrapidly exhausting our ammunition, but it was effectual in enforcing slow-ness and caution upon the pursuers. Fuller could not run rapidly in theface of such a succession of obstacles. He did the best he could, givingthe signal to reverse whenever he saw a tie on the track, jumping off andremoving it, and on again, when the engineer would start with a full headof steam, and reduce speed, as the engine gathered headway to such arate as would admit of stopping in time, when another tie was seen. Itwas fearfully perilous; and the only wonder is that he was not wreckedlong before the chase was done. But he probably understood that wewere racing for the wood-yard ahead. 138 Daring and In Sight.—Ties thrown from the Car. An Appalling Struggle. 139 When we reached it there was no lingering in the work of loading wood was piled in frantically by men working for life; but before wehad half filled the tender we again heard our relentless follower. Soeager were we to get the largest possible supply of wood that we did nottake their first whistle as a sufficient intimation to start. Then camescream after scream of the most unearthly character, obviously designed
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