. The story of the "General", 1862. -- . fire from the rails in theirrapid revolutions. The car in which we rode rockedfuriously and threw us from one side to the otherlike peas rattled in a gourd. I then proposed toAndrews to let our engineer take the engine out ofsight, while we hid in a curve, after putting a cross-tie on the track; when they checked to remove theobstructions, we could rush on them, shoot everyperson on the engine, reverse it, and let it drivebackward at will. The Southern Confederacy, a paper published atAtlanta at the time, says: The fugitives, not ex-pecting pursuit, qui
. The story of the "General", 1862. -- . fire from the rails in theirrapid revolutions. The car in which we rode rockedfuriously and threw us from one side to the otherlike peas rattled in a gourd. I then proposed toAndrews to let our engineer take the engine out ofsight, while we hid in a curve, after putting a cross-tie on the track; when they checked to remove theobstructions, we could rush on them, shoot everyperson on the engine, reverse it, and let it drivebackward at will. The Southern Confederacy, a paper published atAtlanta at the time, says: The fugitives, not ex-pecting pursuit, quietly took in wood and water atCass Station and borrowed a schedule from the tanktender upon the plausible pretext that they were run-ning a pressed train loaded with powder for Beau-regard. The article further states: They had on the en-gine a red handkerchief, indicating that the regularpassenger train would be along presently. Theystopped at Adairsville and said that Fuller, with theregular passenger train, was behind, and would wait. HENRY P. HANEY, member of Capt. Fullers Pursuing Party. Now living in Atlanta, Ga. Asst Chief of the Atlanta Fire Department.
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