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Identifier: greatlocomotivec01pitt (find matches)
Title: The great locomotive chase; a history of the Andrews railroad raid into Georgia in 1862
Year: 1910 (1910s)
Authors: Pittenger, William, 1840-1904
Subjects: Chattanooga Railroad Expedition, 1862
Publisher: Philadelphia, The Penn publishing company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation
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Wm. Bensinger. From a war-time photograph.
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Seizing the Guard. 320 Daring and Suffering. hesitate though the guards were, unfortunately, not near the door,Knight darted on the nearest, who was by the fence, and as he was bring,ing the gun down to a charge, Knight seized it with his left hand andstruck its owner so powerfully with his right that the gun was instantly re-leased. Brown had dealt with another in an equally effective manner andreinforcements for the prisoners were now coming; but two other guardswho were close to the gate, instead of standing their ground, ran out andraised a great outcry. Wilson, Dorsey, and others, threw some loosebricks which happened to be handy, after them, and prepared to charge^ut through the gate, when Knight heard the running of the reserve guard upthe road, and flinging away his musket gave the word, Boys, weve gotto get out of this; then hurrying through the hall and down to the lowercorner of the yard, was in a moment to the top of the fence, being thefirst over, but was closely followed
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