. Daring and suffering: a history of the Andrews Railroad Raid into Georgia in 1862 .. . hesewere among his best men. Andrews told them that he wanted eight mento go South with him as far as Atlanta, Ga., from which place he had justreturned, and where he had made the acquaintance of a railroad engineerwho ran on a wood-train, and who was also a good Union man. Thisengineer had agreed to run off with his train, if Andrews would furnishhands to act as brakemen, tear up track, and burn bridges. When thefour soldiers had heard his statement they all volunteered, and thus half ?o Daring and Suffer
. Daring and suffering: a history of the Andrews Railroad Raid into Georgia in 1862 .. . hesewere among his best men. Andrews told them that he wanted eight mento go South with him as far as Atlanta, Ga., from which place he had justreturned, and where he had made the acquaintance of a railroad engineerwho ran on a wood-train, and who was also a good Union man. Thisengineer had agreed to run off with his train, if Andrews would furnishhands to act as brakemen, tear up track, and burn bridges. When thefour soldiers had heard his statement they all volunteered, and thus half ?o Daring and Suffering. the number was made up. Captain Mitchels Company was next in theregimental line, and was ready to second every thing that Sarratt did. FrankMills from that Company offered his service, as did a private named Horrfrom Company A. The names of the other two are not remembered. The four from Sarratts Company made up one band who travelled bythemselves, and we will mainly follow their fortunes. They were fur-nished with suits of citizens clothing in place of their uniforms, and forty. Frank B. Mills. B. F. Durbin. Frank H. Surles. J. W. Hollidav. Members of the first expedition; from war-time photographs. dollars each, in gold. The same evening they went out to the reservepicket post, where they slept for the night, and started into the enemyslines at four oclock the next morning. They bent their steps towardTullahoma, forty miles distant, which was the furthest point northward towhich the rebels at that time raji their trains. After a walk of sevenmiles, they were ready for breakfast, and stopped with a strong paid for the breakfast with a twenty-dollar gold piece, and re-ceived thirty-eight dollars change—in Confederate money. Five miles further on they met three rebel citizens in a spring wagon, Account of the First or Buell Railroad Raid. 31 who inquired where they were from, and were informed that they camefrom Nashville, and were on their
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