. 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 . Shelbyville on the evening ofApril 7. Not one of these Buckeyes de-murred at being thus detached fromhis regiment and sent—he knew notwhere nor why. At the appointed time the littleparty, in general appearance a groupof farmers who were trying to escapethe horrors of war, arrived at the placeof meeting, where they were met byJames J. Andrews, a man who forsome time had been in the employ ofMajor-tieneral 1). C. Buell. as a spy. Although t
. 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 . Shelbyville on the evening ofApril 7. Not one of these Buckeyes de-murred at being thus detached fromhis regiment and sent—he knew notwhere nor why. At the appointed time the littleparty, in general appearance a groupof farmers who were trying to escapethe horrors of war, arrived at the placeof meeting, where they were met byJames J. Andrews, a man who forsome time had been in the employ ofMajor-tieneral 1). C. Buell. as a spy. Although those who met himwere not aware of the fact, Andrewshud, some time prior to this, led anexpedition to destroy communicationlietween Atlanta and Chattanooga,but had failed in his purpose. With Andrews was WilliamCampbell, a citizen of Kentucky, whohad volunteered for this secret anddangerous mission. In the gloom of the evening, ashort distance from the road, the Ohio men listened to the details of the schemewhich this man placed heiore them, and many a heart, however bravo, musthave quailed on learning what was expected of this band of t AMERICAN HEROISM. 77 They were to divide themselves into detachments of three or four, andtravel two hundred miles to Marietta, Ga., 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 consi
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