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Great Locomotive Chase History Of Andrews Railroad Raid Into Georgia 1891
Great Locomotive Chase, The by WM Pittinger
Hard Cover FIRST 644 pages are loose includes title page, name written on first blank page, see binding damage, etc in photos
416 pages + Supplement 55 pages
Copyright 1891
CONTENTS
I. A Secret Military Raid in the West 13
II. General Mitchel and J. J. Andrews Arrange a Second Raid25
III. Selection of Engineers and Soldiers 36
IV. Departure at Night 45
V. Previous History of James J. Andrews 53
VI. First Lessons in Disguise and Duplicity 64
VII. The Heart of the Confederacy Reached 73
VIII. The Bloodless Victories of Mitchel 87
IX. Capture of the Train 97
X. Pursued! 113
XI. An Appalling Struggle 123
XII. The Final Race 143
XIII. What was Actually Accomplished 153
XIV. Hunted in the Woods 161
XV. A Sad Sabbath Morning 171
XVI. The Roll of the Captives 181
XVII. First Prison Experiences 203
XVIII. The Old Negro Jail at Chattanooga 216
XIX. Gleams of Hope228
XX. Gen. Mitchel Saves the Raiders 235
XXI. A Struggle Against Destiny 250
XXII. Knoxville 264
XXIII. A Day of Blood 279
XXIV. After the Tragedy291
XXV. A Daring Escape 306
XXVI. In Cave and Mountain327
XXVII. The Loyal Mountaineers 334
XXVIII. Down the Tennessee 342
XXIX. Floating to the Gulf 348
XXX. The Recaptured Prisoners 360
XXXI. Richmond and its Prisons 374
XXXII. Last Experiences in Rebel Prisons 386
XXXIII. Homeward Bound 397
XXXIV. Reporting to Secretary Stanton and President Lincoln406
SUPPLEMENT to daring and suffering with official documents an account of the subsequent fortunes of the Andrews Railders, etc
I. Subsequent History of the Railroad Adventurers5
II. The South Revisited a Quarter of a Century After 13
III. A Detailed Account of the First or Buell Railroad Raid 29
IV. Autobiography35
V. Editorial Account from the Southern Confederacy 41
VI. Official Report by Judge-Advocate-General Holt 47
VII. Message of Gov. Jos. E. Brown to the Legislature of Georgia in 186248
VIII. Criticisms of Generals Buell and Fry53
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
1. The Capture of the Train in an Enemy's CampFrontispiece
2. Map of Southern R. R. System Threatened by the Andrews Raid 12
3. Portrait of James J. Andrews 17
4. Photograph of Gen. O. M. Mitchel 30
5. Photograph of Wilson W. Brown, Engineer 36
6. Photograph of William Knight, Engineer 38
7. Photograph of Capt. James F. Sarratt 38
8. Photograph of Marion Ross 41
9. Photograph of William Pittenger 45
10. Andrews Seen by the Lightning Flash51
11. Photograph of Flemingsburg, Ky.53
12. Photograph of J. J. Andrews 55
13. Photograph of Miss Elizabeth J. Layton56
14. Photograph of Geo. D. Wilson 67
15. Photograph of William Campbell 67
16. Photograph of William Reddick 79
17. Preparing to Cross the Tennessee River 82
18. Map of the Campaign of Gen. Mitchel 88
19. Gen. Mitchel's Armed Train94
20. Map of the Western and Atlantic or Georgia State Railroad99
21. Bed-room Consultation at Marietta100
22. Photograph of Capt. W. A. Fuller (Confederate Conductor)102
23. Seizing the Train,104
24. Photograph of John Scott 106
25. Tearing up Track109
26. Photograph of Anthony Murphy, Supt. W. & A. Machine Shops 116
27. Oostenaula Bridge135
28. In Sight ! Ties Thrown from Car138
29. At the Wood-station 139
3o. Kindling a Fire in the Box-car 146
31. Leaving the Locomotive151
32. Photograph of the Locomotive " The General " 100
33. Climbing the Chattanooga Precipice 164
34. News from Ringgold !180
35. Photograph of Samuel Slavens 181
36. Slavens, Campbell and Shadrack in Chains 182
37. Photograph of Jacob Parrott183
38 Bloodhounds Seen on the Trail 185
39. Wood and Wilson on the Tennessee 199
40. The Iron Cage at Lafayette, Ga 203
41. Chained in a Carriage 208
42. Confronted with Gen. Leadbetter 213
43. The Swims Jail at Chattanooga 218
44. Manner of Sleeping in the Swims Jail 220
45. The Chained Men Descending into the Dungeon 223
46. The Raiders Seated in the Cars 238
47. " Meet me on the other side of Jordan"249
48. Escape of Andrews and Wollam 252
49. Riveting Chains in the Dungeon 256
5o. Photograph of Judge O. P. Temple 266
51. Photograph of Judge Baxter 267
52. The Old Court-house at Knoxville, Tenn. 268
53. The Court Martial271
54. Photograph of Captain David Fry275
55. Photograph of Rev. W. J. Scott 281
56. Speech of Wilson on the Scaffold 287
57. Photo-Lithograph of Letter to Jefferson Davis 293
58. Photo-Lithographs of Endorsements by Gen. Bragg, Jefferson Davis and Others 308, 309
59. Photograph of Geo. W. Walton 313
60. Photograph of Robert Buffum 317
61. Photograph of William Bensinger 318
62. Seizing the Guard at Atlanta 319
63. The Race in the Woods 323
64. Photograph of Elihu H. Mason 328
65. Victory over Bloodhounds !329
66. Brown and Knight Capture a Pig331
67. The Fugitives entering a Cave 332
68. Photograph of D. A. Dorsey 334
69. Photograph of Martin J. Hawkins 336
70. Photograph of John R. Porter 342
71. Photograph of Mark Wood 348
72. At Sight of the Old Flag ! 358
73. Photograph of Libby Prisons375
74. Taking a Dead Man's Name 391
75. Eating in the Engine-room 404
76. Fac-simile of Congress Medals of Honor 412
77. Interview with President Lincoln : " A little luck with the battles, now !" 414
SUPPLEMENT
78. Photograph of W. W. Brown 6
79. Jacob Parrott and D. A. Dorsay overlooking Chattanooga7
80. Photograph of William H. Reddick 8
81. Photographs of Seven Survivors of the Andrews Raid27
82. Photographs of Members of the First Expedition30
PREFACE
THIS book, which is partly historical and partly personal, is written from the standpoint of frank egotism. It is far more easy to tell what the writer thought, felt and did, in the first person, than to resort to tedious circumlocution. As a large part of the interest of such a narrative must consist in describing the sensations experienced in passing through such appalling dangers and tremendous vicissitudes of fortune, it is clear that in a work of plain fact the writer cannot avoid making himself more prominent than his comrades. His own emotions and the incidents in which he participated will be indelibly engraven in his memory, while impressions received at second hand grow dim with the passage of years. It also happened that, in most cases where selection was practicable, the writer was made the spokesman of the whole party, and was thus brought into more frequent contact with both friend and foe. Many instances of this will be noticed all through the story.
Great care has been taken in the citation of authorities. The writer has not hesitated to claim for his own notes and memories the full weight to which they are entitled, and has carefully indicated the sources from which he has drawn all other facts. In no portion of war history of equal magnitude is there more abundant material preserved both on the Federal and the Confederate sides. This is indicated by the accompanying list of authorities ; and authority for separate incidents is adduced either in notes or at the beginning of chapters. With great care in sifting testimony and constant references to original documents, the writer hopes not only to give the exact and literal truth, but to carry the conviction of the judicious reader with him on every page. Whenever conjectures or statements of probabilities are hazarded to bridge any chasm in the narrative, they will be offered for what they are, and always clearly separated from known facts.
WM. PITTENGER, Haddonfield, N. J., October, 1887.
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