. The great locomotive chase; a history of the Andrews railroad raid into Georgia in 1862 . elsoldiers on board, who had beensent on to Corinth to reinforceBeauregard, but for some reasonthat they did not understand had been turned back. Reddick and Wol-lam did not fail to get on board and were kindly received, but managed tosay little till they reached Chattanooga. They were just in time for thedown train for Marietta, but as they had learned that the attempt was tobe laid over for another day, they preferred waiting till morning. At the Crutchfield House to which they repaired, there was so
. The great locomotive chase; a history of the Andrews railroad raid into Georgia in 1862 . elsoldiers on board, who had beensent on to Corinth to reinforceBeauregard, but for some reasonthat they did not understand had been turned back. Reddick and Wol-lam did not fail to get on board and were kindly received, but managed tosay little till they reached Chattanooga. They were just in time for thedown train for Marietta, but as they had learned that the attempt was tobe laid over for another day, they preferred waiting till morning. At the Crutchfield House to which they repaired, there was so greata crowd that the only bed they could get was in the same room with twovery sick Confederate soldiers. These had some kind of fever and keptcalling for water continually. The bell-knob had a card on it, sayingthat twenty-five cents would be charged for every time that bell was rungduring the night. Our comrades, however, had money, and not onlyremained awake most of the night ministering to their foes, but investeda good many quarters in their behalf. The sick soldiers gratitude and. William Reddick. From a war-time photograph. 80 Daring and Suffering. promises to return the favor if ever in their power, were, under the circum-stances, very touching. The next day the raiders strolled for a time about the town, being inboth the commissary and ordinance departments. This was scarcely pru-dent, but they seem to have acquired perfect confidence. They alsowitnessed the burial of some officers with the honors of war, who had beenkilled at Fittsburg Landing. Happening to go to a photographic gallerythey were seized with the desire to have their pictures taken. The artistasked them to wait awhile, as he was engaged in whittling out a framewith his penknife from a cigar box, explaining that since he had been cut off from communication with Yankeedom, he had been compelledto make everything for himself. The frames when completed were veryhandsome, and the pictures that were then take
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