Identifier: greatlocomotivec00pitt (find matches)
Title: The great locomotive chase; a history of the Andrews railroad raid into Georgia in 1862
Year: 1917 (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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The bvums Jail at Chattanooga and that when admitted to hishospitality, they should be thank-ful and give as little trouble aspossible. With such notions it is easily seen how much he could add to the sufferings of prisoners. One thing favorable was that he was fond of a dram, and when indulging, became very talkative, revealing many things that we could not otherwise have learned. We halted for a moment at the camp-fire of the guard outside the
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The Old Negro Jail at Chattanooga. 219 gate; then Swims came out grumbling about being disturbed so much,and unlocking the gate, admitted us. We crossed the yard, ascendedthe long outside stairway, and from an outside landing entered the bed-room. From this a door opened into the prison. I looked around by theiim light of a candle the jailor carried, and thought I understood whythe General called the place a hole. The room was quite small,square, and entirely destitute of furniture of any kind except a longladder which lay on the floor. There were five or six old, miserable-look-ing men in the room, whose clothes hung in tatters, and who presented aterribly starved, dirty, and wretched appearance. It was a dreadful place,and I shuddered at the idea of taking up my abode in such a den. But Isoon found I was not to be so highly favored, and a little more expe-rience was sufficient to make me look almost with envy upon these old men. Said the jailer to the Captain, Where shall I put him?

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