. Wonders and curiosities of the railway; or, Stories of the locomotive in every land . almuster near the place where they abandoned their locomo-tive, and the planters were present with their bloodhoundsand horses. The fugitives wxre therefore all captured andthrust into a foul negro prison. Andrews, the leader, washung at once; seven more soon followed him. And theorder came for the execution of the rest. But they gaggedtheir jailer, overpowered the guard, and escaped by miracu-lous good fortune — two to a United States gunboat on theGulf, and others to the Union lines. Six were, however,rec
. Wonders and curiosities of the railway; or, Stories of the locomotive in every land . almuster near the place where they abandoned their locomo-tive, and the planters were present with their bloodhoundsand horses. The fugitives wxre therefore all captured andthrust into a foul negro prison. Andrews, the leader, washung at once; seven more soon followed him. And theorder came for the execution of the rest. But they gaggedtheir jailer, overpowered the guard, and escaped by miracu-lous good fortune — two to a United States gunboat on theGulf, and others to the Union lines. Six were, however,recaptured, and were afterward exchanged. When theyarrived at Washington they were given a reception byPresident Lincoln, received each a medal, had their moneyarrearages made up to them, besides receiving each a purseof a hundred dollars and a furlough for the purpose of vis-iting their friends. In significant contrast with this treat-ment was that received by the brave and energetic con-ductor. Fuller, who pursued the dare-devils who had run THE FUNCTIONS OF THE EAILWAY IN WAR. 187. 188 WONDERS AND CURIOSITIES OE THE RAILWAY. away with his locomotive, and handsomely captured themall to a man. For this service he got a vote of thanks fromthe Georgia Legislature, and the promise of a medal, whichhe never received! There is doubtless many another as thrilling adventureas this that might be told of the days of the war. Andthere are probably many new functions of the railway as amilitary agent still to be thought of and set in of the most curious uses to which a railway train hasbeen put in war was that devised by the English in theirEgyptian campaign of 1882. They fitted up an ArmoredRailway Train as a kind of moving fort. It was operatedon the railway near Alexandria. Six car-trucks containingsoldiers were furnished with iron shields at the sides; thelocomotive had a car preceding it, and had its sides pro-tected with rows of sand-bags. One of the cars carried acran
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