. The great locomotive chase; a history of the Andrews railroad raid into Georgia in 1862 . this sudden relaxation of vigilance. Thesimplest explanation would be to suppose that the sentries were with-drawn because no one was expected to cross in such a storm; but it isnot common for soldiers on guard to be permitted so much all attention was called westward to meet the alarming ad-vance of Mitchel in the direction of Bridgeport. The panic producedby his occupation of Huntsville and his headlong rush eastward on therailroads with train-loads of soldiers, was intense, and th
. The great locomotive chase; a history of the Andrews railroad raid into Georgia in 1862 . this sudden relaxation of vigilance. Thesimplest explanation would be to suppose that the sentries were with-drawn because no one was expected to cross in such a storm; but it isnot common for soldiers on guard to be permitted so much all attention was called westward to meet the alarming ad-vance of Mitchel in the direction of Bridgeport. The panic producedby his occupation of Huntsville and his headlong rush eastward on therailroads with train-loads of soldiers, was intense, and the attentionof the enemy was about equally divided l)etween preparing to resist,and preparing to evacuate—either of which called for the employment ofevery disposable soldier The occupation of this road also cut Chatta-nooga off from direct communication with Beauregard at Corinth, leavingonly the circuitous route through Atlanta; and when this also was de-stroyed for a time the next day, the excitement knew no bounds. At the station we found several of our party who had come earlier,. The Heart of the Confederacy Reached. %^ and, like us, were waiting for tlie train. We also found a lar^e number ofpassengers, many of them soldiers. Of the town itself we saw almostnothing. ^ When we had purchased our tickets, and had ceased to walk about thestation for the purpose of looking for others of our party, we got on of the passengers were furloughed soldiers, who were going back bythe southern route to join Beauregard. Jhe conversation still turned tothe mighty battle of Pittsburg Landing, and the spirit of the soldiersseemed to be wonderfully stimulated by what they regarded as a greattriumph. We took part in the talk, and expressing as much interest asany, our true character was not suspected. There was no system of pass-ports then in use on that line, or, indeed, in most others in the South, andtravel was entirely unrestricted. Our raid, however, wrought a completechang
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