. 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-General D. 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-General D. C. Buell. as a spy. Although those who met himwere not aware of the fart, Andrewshad, some time prior to this, led anexpedition to destroy communicationbetween Atlanta and Chattanooga,hut had failed in his purpose. With Andrews was William(lampbell, a cil izen of Kentucky, whohad volunteered for this secret anddangerous mission. In the gloom of the evening, a short distance from the road, the Ohio Q listened to the details of the scheme which this man placed before them, and many a heart, however brave, musthave quailed on learning what was expected of this hand of ■ l[\ \ I. I SSTRUOTIONB. AMERICAN HKKOISM. 77 They were to divide themselves into detachments of three or four, andtravel two hundred miles to Marietta, ( in such manner as was mostex] editions 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 be 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 accomplished GeneralBeauregards source of supplies would becut off to a certain extent. To realize the magnitude of suchan undertak
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