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A History of the Andrews Railroad
Baidlnto Georgia in 1862.
The lost Heroic and Tragic Episode
of the Civil War.
Embracing n Full and Accurate Account
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son to nppnhenl dunner tli.:;i 11;.
else along the route.
Rome connected there with the main
track. and the morning train from that
town would be awaiting our arrival.
This. with the local freight which we
hoped to meet and the complicated
..,.‘l‘(‘
rogress. Thereal dimculties su‘
Expectations. Andrews had made him-
self familiar with the minutest working
of the road at this point. as also at Dal-
ton and Chattanooga. and we would soon
A munch mail from ,
at of the switches, wouldcon~ I
stitnte no small obstacle to our onward .
. be able to see how he would overcome the;
of tho Secrot Journey to tho lie-rt of .
the Toolederncy. tko Capture of a
Bailwny ml: in a Confederate Camp. 5
the Terriblo Clio-o Tint Followed. and
the. Snboeqno-t Fortunes of the Lead.
and His l‘arty.
no v‘:-‘l,linn, in the daring of its inception.
hid l - Wt: iueas of a romance. while in the
“at in i .-vrr\vhclns.n.; mulls ti souflat and
was i .v .o obuun if was aim-lutely sul-iime.— '
.71 t-. on “till lit‘ERai lion‘s L'l'rtcut. Rt
hair
it I «all the deep-w": Li: 1
grand ; scale. that rut rlitililnlt‘d from the
brains -f any number of Yankees combined—
Tn: sz-riiras Costumes-ct Acumen. iiai,
scheme and on the
A; .r l I”. cs“:
Ikeliiit‘ its tragic termination. it shows what]
handful of brave men could undertake iti Amer.
its ~L‘om no Pms‘ iiisruuv ul’ rm: CtvtL Wan
ix .‘Ith vol. 2. p. )5:
By WILLIAM PImNGER,
A man. 0' THE lutDtTlg-R
(Cvpvright-si. 1:87. by War Publishing (‘0 .
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CHAPTER V.
A nocciiortvr err nritls‘n.
At length we reached the lit-mob river
and safely passed over (he gr. :bridge
at that point So stop was iliildt' though
the first scrioua cause for auxzety was
here visuble Hitherto rverg'dting had
worked etactly as we had calculated. and
our confidence in our leader and in final
success WM correspondingly increased;
but on a snlt‘ track which connected with
a ..:tle l-rnmh road that ran up the
river about five miles to the Etowah iron
works and rolling mills. there stood a
I.» nn-tzvc‘ it was but a short distance
’rvlll us, and the smoke from the funnel
showed too plainly that it was ready for
Wi-l'k thus constituting an element of the
most «tang-runs rhurzictcr which had not
been embraced lll our calculations It
was named .the l'otmh—a prixate en-
giin- used by the owners of the works for
their own purposes Tborouglrlyas Air
lll‘c\t’~' had explored the road. he had no
knowledge of its existence until the mo-
men: when he saw it standing on the side
hindrances in his way.
‘j tion could have
\Ve reached Kingston a little ahead of '
time.
freight had not yet. arrived. “‘ithont the
slightest hesitation Andrews ran a few
hundred yards post the station. and or—
- dared the yswifch tender to arrange the
switch so as to throw us on the side track;
A glance showed us that thelocal ’
. then we backed out on it, stopping on the '
xv.
west side of fh'e station. and almost di-
rectly alongside of the Rome passenger
train. then lying on its own track, which
joined the mam line still further north.
This train wu expecting the coming of
Fuller‘s mail. and of course the arrival
of our partial-train in the place of the one
they were expecting was a matter of the '
greatest interest to them. The engineer
stepped over to our locomotive and said,
with on oath:
“flow is this? What‘s up! Here‘s their
engine with none of their men on board.“
Fortunately'Andrews was just at hand
and promptly replied. “l have taken this
train by government authority to run am~
mnnition through to Gen. Beauregard.
who must have it at once“
He waved his hand toward the car in
which we were shut up trcprcsenting the
powder”. and they inquired no further in
that direction. but simply asked when the
passenger train would be along. Andrews
responded indifferently' that he could not
tell exactly. but supposed it would not be
. A great while. as they were getting out
' another item when he left Atlanta With
this cold comfort they were obliged to be
contented. and Andrews. leaving the en-
. glue in care of his three comrades. went
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track not a doun yards away. and looking .
as :f
with our General on equal terms. It
was still thiruon miles to Kingston. and
the enemy. if there was any direct pur~
su.t. would be able to get an engine there
m-i. h monet- than we had supposed pus-d-
hli- Several men were gathered about“.
but not enough to make an assault seem
very fornudable to our party. At the
first sight. Knight aaidto Andrews. “‘We
had better destroy that and the big
bridge.“ but Andrews "fused with the
Mark. "it won‘t make any dztferencr."
Nearly all critics of the expedition who
knew of the presence of ih‘u lounnotivH.
for a long time i die! not. in l was shut
ll “as ready to enter upon a race '
into the telegraph office. which was on
the side of the depot next its. and asked.
”What. is the matter with the local
freight that it is not here?" lie was
shown a telegraph dispatch for l‘\lllt‘l’.
ordering him to wait. at this point for its
coming—an indication that it was not
very far away. This was the only infor‘
mation vouchsafcd to us by the manage-
ment of the road during the whole of that
eventful day:
Andrews returned to his engine. and
stood there. or walked about on the end
of the platform near by during the tedious
moments of waiting. He did not seek to
enter into comersation with any onc. but
quietly answered any questions asked.
He appeared abstracted and 'a little
anxious. as was natural for one running
an express ammunition train. on which
the safety ofati army might depend! it
was fortunate that his real and assumed
characters were so much in harmony.
Brown. Knight and \Vilson attended to
their engine. seeing that all was in good
order with s reasonable head of steam.
and refrained. as far as they could. from
any kind of conversation. answeringall
demands in monosyllables. Their position
during this enforced stop was embarrass-
ing. but. far less painful than ours in the
in their complaints and uproar.
whole camp also was in atnrmoil. A .
' excitement following the seizure, and in
this we were fully warranted; but we
also believed that for some little time no
one would know what. to do. in this we
were mistaken. The absence of a tele-
graphofflceore orevenofany
horses. did utterly confound the great
majority; but. a
fortunate mis~
take on the part
of one man
served the Con«
federnte cause
better than the
deepest calculaé
done: in fact.
gaverise to the
thrilling railroad
chase that fol» ..
lowed. Conduc~ - ‘
[01' Fuller. Err “n. w. A. rum
gineer Cain and Mom w mm M
the foreman of _)
the road machine sho i Anthony
Murphy, sat down to the bre ast table
not far apart. Before they had tinted a
mouthful. however. the sound of escaping
steam. the loud whir of the wheels on
the track and the outcry that rose in a
moment from guards and camp, brought
them and all the breakfasters to their
feet. By this time the locomotive had
started. and Fuller and Murphy. with
loud exclamation: about the robbery of
the train. rushed pell mell with every-
body else out on the platform. the
pikxsengcrs who had been uncoupled and
left on the road not being behind others
The
single glance around showed Fuller that
there was no chance for help there; and i
heinga man of quick thought his mind
fastened on an idea—utterly wrong as it
proved~buf which had the merit of pnt~ ,
ting him vigorously to work The near -
est guard declared that only four men
were engaged in the capture—he had only
seen tho-e that mounted the engine—and
others corroborated him. l-‘nller remem-
bered the conscripts he had been warned
Vtowatch for. and at once the thought
flashed across his mind. “Some of those
men. one of whom happened to know
enough of an engine to pull open the
throttle. have jumped on my train to get
out of camp. and as soon as they are out
side they will leave the engine and run
into the mountains. i must follow its
fast as possible and try to get it back 7 be
fore 1 get very badly out of time."
The presence of Mr. Anthony Murphy
that morning was purely accidental. lle
. was going to examine an engine at Alin-
toonn reported out of order. As rm oiliccr
of high authority on the road. command
ing all engineers and firemen. knowing all
the engines and everything about the road
perfectly. his presence at that time was
most unfortunate for us. "9 was a lush
of great coolness and good jinlutuont. His
first action was farsighted. lie sent .\lr.
“'illiatn Kendrick on liorsclaick to Mari
-etta to notify the superintendent at At~
lanta by wire. Mr. Kendrick arrived in
.timo to hold a freight train there till
orders wen- flashed back to drop all cars
but one. run up to Big shanty. load on
soldiers and pursue with all speed. This
was the first train in chute. A message ‘
‘ was also sent. from Marietta to Richmond.
but no result followed that. My opinion
is that Andrews had in some way at~
. ranged for cutting the wire between Chat-
box car. We could hear low murmurs ‘
gonly route by which the meuage could
outside. we knew that we were at a sta-
tion. and alongside another train. and
; could hear the tread of feet; but we could
up in the box car-arc (imposed to think -
that here Andnws'tuado a most unacl
countable ntzstake. But this is far from
certain
It must be Rmembered that the burn.
. of this bridge formed no part of An’
we“ original plan. and could have ac-
uplished nothing more toward the
- thenng of Mitchell plans than the
ning of the Oootenaula bridge. The
.- l freight train was now due. and if it
e in night while we were engaged in
troy-in; the Yonah.‘ or the bridge.
ud getting the alarm. as Wullltl bciilmost
t'\'.Zal.-lt' under the cinumstunces.
hilllitl get away from us and run bank to
Known. u! should run on us and cause
a wxeck, our situation Would be far worse
than wuh this engine left behind its lint
even =f we could be assured that the local
would not come. but remain for us at
Kingston. still the attack llt'f‘l‘ “'ullltl
a‘ mm the enemy. and we would be fol~
low-l from this point as readily as from
Big shanty. but eighteen miles further up
the road It would be but little more
a tron for [‘llhillll would surely be found.
The Cdpllil‘t‘ at Bur Shanty assured us of
a longer start under any circumstances
than M“ uml [hmstblf if we stopped to
Itnke a blow here. :
Lnnvini; than engine and bridge behind.
we L'llill‘vl on through (‘urli-rsville. :i to“ n
of consort-able sir. where there were
many iliillppi‘llilt’d pa. rs on the
ri. ‘orni, and continued without incident
coal 1 m. inched Cass station. The town
\‘assizlle is some distance from the
road. but the station was important
.I and “ult‘r. Here wgslopped and
gun to won-l up “'illiam Russel. the
cutter, was naturally curious about tho
on the time of the morning mail. with no
[museum-rs and none of the regular hands.
Herc
can-fully planned story. with enough of
foundation to make it probable. He
clnztued lo have been sent by Gen. Bean-
mird. u ho was in desperate straits for
ammunition. to impress a train. have it
loaded with powder and run it. through
at lightning speed. Had he been mused
more closely. he could have produced
But it was not necessaryto go sofar.
The wry appearance of Andrews. tall,
commanding and perfectly self pomesaed,
speaking like one who had long been ac-
customed to authority. was so much libs
than ;.:i hour‘s gallop to Kingston. where,
not learn why we did not press on. A
thousand conjectures will spring up at
situation were ample enough for all kinds
of iinauminz. “'e hada tolerably high
estimate of our fighting power. and did
not doubt that we could capture any or-
dinary train. or the usual crowd around
avillnge station. But to besbut up in
the dark. while—for ought we know—the
enemy might be concentrating on over-
whelming force against us. was exceed-
ingly trying. and put the implicit confl-
deuce we had in our leader to a very se~
vere test. There was no precaution An-
gdrcws had neglected—pmlmbly because
i be trusted so fully in his own marvelous
us as the regular place for taking on g
: story and obey fl order.
7‘ appearance of such a small train running .
genius—flint the need of which was felt
keenly afterward .\'o lieutenant was ap-
pointed! One ‘who could have taken
charge of the men. leaving Andrews free
to plan and give general ilinciions. would
have been in support to us now and a help
to all ofus later. \Vith George D. “'ih
son or some other of the soldiers as an-
thorized second.
been ip better fighting trim, and. what is
of still more importance. Andrews would
have felt more free to order the capture
of any pursuing train. But at present
we had nothing to do but wait till the
road was cleared for us.
such times; and the possibilities of our .-
tanooga and Knoxville. which was the
have gone around and got on the line of
the Western and Atlantic railroad ahead
of us.
llad these been the only measures of
pursuit—wise and judicious as they were
—our task would have been easy. lint
Fuller's error and his ardent tempera-
ment prompted to another course.
had called Murphy and Cain. “Come on
with me.“ they promptly followed and
the three of them started at a dead run up
the track. The spectacle of three men
. running vigorously after a fiying engine.
as if they expected to catch it. instantly
restored the mob to good humor. and
they cheered and shouted with laughter:
What would have been the fate of these
runners if they had overtaken us at the
first stop. where we cut wire and ob-
structed the track. it is needlcssi to in-N
quire They would have hardly begun
such a chase had they not entirely under-
estimated uur number, as well as mis-
taken our purpose. The Atlanta Southern
L‘onfnleracy of the next day. in an article '
. full of panic. written before the issue was
the force would havo;
‘ once.
‘ zealous but low able for running. They
Before suspense became intolerable the 2
whistle of an approaching train was-
lieard. and the local freight rumbled up
to the eastern side of the depot and,
stopped on the main track.
made haste to begin the inevitable con-
versation. He went over and spoke to
the conductor. telling him to pull his
train. which was quite long. on down the
Andrews ‘
determined. speaks of us as “some four
men yet unknown?
The different running powers of the
pursuers were soon made evident in this
apparently hopeless chase. Fuller was
extraordinarily fleet and of great endur-
His companions were. equally
were. therefore. soon spread out for a
considerable distance. “’hile putting in
his best efforts. lfiiller shouted back en-
couragement to his comrades. but did not :
wait. The hope of getting his train imon
. was too strong. and he also feared that.
road so that we might getoutof the;
switch and proceed on our way. adding 1
the same powder story.
saw that Andrews was treated with
marked Heretics by the people about the
station. and did not hesitate to believe his
had moved his trainAndrews noticed a
redfiag onthe hindcar.andatonceex-
f claimed:
.-\ndn-ws told a mist admit and ;
. Beauregard at. the earliest
“What does thismean.’ I am
ordered to get this powder through to
m
mo-
ment. andnow youare signallnghalr
othertraiaonthetnckt" NodonbtAo-
drews feltall thevexation heexpre-sd.
The’msn said bawuverywrry, but it
could not he helped: and then he gave the
reason,whichwas ashrtllng ieceofin-. .
p ‘ney: but it is certain that itwasjnstss
i telligence. Mitchelhsd captured Bunts~
pauses proving himself worthy of belief. ‘
' ward toward
the ideal southern omcer that Rand‘s“.
crab-rice was won at once. He knew very
well that after such a battle as Pittsburg
Landini: It was natural that powder
should be scarce. and if it did not come at
once. what more natural than to send for
it! Seeing the impression that he had
made. Andrews. who, of Nurse. did nu
work at throwingonwood’.'but left that
to his companions. uked if he could not
be supplied with aacheduleof the road.
as it might be useful. Russel. lnzhis
patriotic fervor. took down and handed
would “send his shirt to
the latter wanted it!
‘Iu
flange. resnpplld ,7
Inter. without having met the-light-t
hindranceaadwithafnllocheduleoftho
road. Datum-“unmoun-
Z
3 m
ville and was said to be advancing east-
Chattsnooga by forced
marches; audastheyhadnoforceto re—
sist him. theywere running everything
outof Chattanooga. and mid pntalarge . '
cxtratrainonthetxacktogetthe rolling
stock, as well, as the goods, not of the
Andrews thanked him for the in-
This conductor .
But beforehe L
: curve after curve was rounded—for with i
the reckless men who had taken it might.
do some injury to the engine before he
could come up. The idea that they might
ofler any resistance did not enter his
mind.
But the chase could not long have con
tinned in this manner. for human muscles
-’cannot be pitted successfully against
steam. The labored breath and the de‘
creasing pace of the runners showed that ?
they were well nigh exhausted; and as
the instinct of railroad men they clung to
the track——th grew discouraged; but
just before tli _ “second wind" was ex-
boosted. they received both help and re-
newed excitement. They came to Moon‘s
station. some two miles from the place of
mu. and have never been able to make
Seven a plausible conjecture of the time
consumed in this first stage of the jour-
little as straining muscles and iron could
well make it.
Here they learudfrom the track laying
had hem
l ’ Z" ' .
were running on regular tlmH circum-
‘ stance that they had - noted in the reports
received from the different stations—sand
i that time was only sixteen miles per hour.
E meant two hours to Kingston.
, They were making seven or eight miles
tonthe pole car. and that. if kept up (it
,was the utmost they could do). Would
ibring them to Etowali in two or three
l hours fromrthestart. “Then if," Fuller
continued. “wecan find the old Yunah
ready at our end of the branch, we can
take her and run up to Kingston in fifteen
minutes more. There are to be some
extra trains on the road today that will
bother the scoundrels up there. and the
chances are that we will overhaul them at
that place. where we will get plenty of
help." “But if we do not find the
Yonah ready?" was asked. “Why, then.
so far-as 1 can see, we are done." was the
reply.
They did not stop to speculate, but. were
all this time pressing on at the very high—
est speed possible. It might well be that
one minute would moke'all the difference
between finding the Yonah and her
starting back to the iron works. miles
away. But there wasasharp interrup-
tion just before they came in sight of
Etowah. and while they were straining
every nerve and looking forward to see if
the smoke of the engine was yet visible.
We had taken up a rail. and there was a
t crash. a sense of falling. ahd they found
themselves lying. hand car and all, in a
heap at the bottom of a ditch! If the em-
bankment had been as high at that place
gas at many others on the road. all our
‘danger would have ended. for no other
party that day originated anything against
us; but the ground was almost level; and
except a few bruises. they were nnhurt.
and at once placed their car on the track
~ again.
: While doing this. they were greatly
stimulated and hurried by noticing the
g smoke and steam of the Yonah. which
they could see across the long bend on
their side of l-Itowah river. if they could
only make the distance. a little more than ’
a mile. before the engine went back on
2 the branch! wm. all their power. like
7 men working for their lives. they drove
5 forward. They were noon to soon. The
engine was on the main track still. and
the tender was just being turned on the
Half moon turn table, preparatory to start-
ing back. lint the people there saw the
furiously driven hand car. with the shout-
.ni;. excited men on it. and at once sus-
pended their work and gathered around
to know the cause of these frantic ges
tures. Fuller had not much breath left
to spend in talking. but managed to say
that the Yankees had taken his train. and
that he wanted their engine. and all of
lheln with their guns to follow in chase.
lie. with every man of his party. was well
known and there was no stopping to ques-
tion. Their very appearance. streaming
with sweat and almost exhausted. bore '
Witness to the urgency of their haste. A
score of strong arms whirled back the
tender on the turn table. and pushed it
. and an empty coal car up to the engine.
while a number of Confederate soldiers
who were waiting to take the next train
; southward to Big Shanty. piled in also.
Now they were of! with a strong. well
armed party, and the chase was on more
equal terms. “The Yonah.“ in the
words of Fuller. “was not a strong en-
glue. but had large wheels. was as active
as a cat. and with a light lood would run
very fast." She was now just in the ser‘
vice sdsptui to her. and her drivers called
out all her powers. As they flew over the
’ ground. it was a refreshing contrast to
i the exertions on foot or hand car. The
| thirteen miles were made in sixteen mia~
[ lites. If the extra trains at Kingston
' only entangled us as long as Fuller hoped.
l the whole aflair would be brought to
a final issue! lie did n dread the fight
that wu likely to follow. for our number
. was only reported even yet by those who
ibad seen us working as eight. while he
‘hed some twenty well armed men with
> him at this stage of the journey; and there
were the crews of the four or five trains
at Kingston. indeed. Fuller and Murphy
3 might be excused if they rather feared
. that “the Yankees" might be captured be
fore they arrived.
[m it: com-ism]
(‘aar and Beggar Woman.
Berlin [open report from Marsha”;
, that as the czar was recentlysbout enter-
i log his carriage he was approached by a
; beggar woman. Who held a little child in
3 her arms and implored his ambiance.
; The car roughly called to her in Danish
rto withdraw. and quickly jumped ,into
the carriage. He then beckoned to one
of the officers of his rainue and handed
him several gold pieces. which he deliv-
, ered to the woman with the remark:
"His majesty has just come from his
children. who are ill with the measles.
and did not wish to expose your child to
p the contagion. He sends you this money
. and advises you to leave th'n spot at
once. Thevoryair around thecastleis
' dangerous to children."—-Chicago ’fimu.
It to Wolf to ‘o-omhov—
That happineu is not perfection unle-
j it is shared.
That great pouessions may bring great
misfortunes.
That ii foolish friend does more harm
‘ than a wise enemy. . 2
That the hardest thing to empty out of
the heart ‘n conceit.
That itisnotneeemarytobemeanbo-
cause one is a man of means.
That good temper. like a sunny day.
sheds a brightnem over everything.
An Early Itool r...
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deyioeoomeoutdnanoeef whichtlis
Elwin. (at-Wm ‘ Judd. etc.
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A FEW SPECIALTIES.
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Dr. Warner’s Natural Wool Underwear.
' Fur Caps and Gloves.
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EARL & WILSUN'S GULLABS AND GUFFS.
hum——
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