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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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Capture of the Train. 107 we had the enemy now at such disadvantage that he could not harm us orsave himself. When we have passed one more train, he declared, wellhave no hindrance, and then well put the engine at full speed, burn thebridges after us, dash through Chattanooga, and on to Mitchel at Hunts-ville. We have the upper hand of the rebels for once ! By saying that we had only one more train to pass before doing tins,Andrews did not mean that there was but one train coming toward us.There were three, which had already left Chattanooga; but only the firstof these, a local freight, which might be met at any point between this andKingston,was a real obstacle. Andrews knew the time scliedule of the othertwo, and could plan to meet them at any given station, even if we were farahead of our own time. Had there been none but these three trains, histriumphing would have been well warranted. The following is the basis upon which Andrews made his calculations:he believed that no engine c

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