. The great locomotive chase; a history of the Andrews railroad raid into Georgia in 1862 . e ! Their natural and indignant pro- I tests were waved aside as some- ! thing with which the ministershad nothing to do; their onlybusiness was to help the doomedmen by prayer and counsel toprepare for death, and the hour was at hand. Anxiety and even horror I was in an instant depicted on every countenance. When they asked How I soon? he answered, In less than two hours. This was probably amerciful over-statement. The hearts of the preachers upon whom hadbeen rolled the fearful task of first communica
. The great locomotive chase; a history of the Andrews railroad raid into Georgia in 1862 . e ! Their natural and indignant pro- I tests were waved aside as some- ! thing with which the ministershad nothing to do; their onlybusiness was to help the doomedmen by prayer and counsel toprepare for death, and the hour was at hand. Anxiety and even horror I was in an instant depicted on every countenance. When they asked How I soon? he answered, In less than two hours. This was probably amerciful over-statement. The hearts of the preachers upon whom hadbeen rolled the fearful task of first communicating this terrible intelli-gence, were very heavy. Scott adds— They were gallant men, whowould have stood unshaken in the imminent deadly breach. They werepicked men, chosen for their soldierly qualities; yet in a moment everycheek blanched to the lilys whiteness. In another moment, however,they rallied and appeared firm and unflinching. Scott and MacDonell 1 An Episode of the War—a chapter in a book published by Rev. W. J. Scott,in Atlanta, 1886, entitled From Lincoln to Rev. W. J. Scott. From a photograph. 282 Daring and Suffering. then gave them such counsel as the dying need, recited to them appro-priate Scripture passages, and prayed with them. What followed is so extraordinary that it is fully given in Mr. Scottsown language with only two remarks. The few hours notice wasvirtually no notice at all, as according to Mr. Scotts own words, all thetime was taken up with clerical and official preparation. From the mo-ment the awful news was communicated there was no pause save for theprayer of the minister, the reading of the sentence, the binding for thescaffold, and the clasp of hands with friends. This was all. We had often said to each other that, no matter who else might perish,Ross in some way would escape by reason of his high standing as a the following narrative shows better than anything else the fear-ful resolution with which this deed
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