Capturing a Locomotive: A History of Secret Service in the Late War.Pittenger, William
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Capturing a Locomotive: A History of Secret Service in the Late War.
Pittenger, William
Chattanooga Railroad Expedition, 1862; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns
At length, in their play, one of them looked upward, and said that he
saw a great bunch on a tree. The other looked,--shifted his
position,--looked again, and exclaimed, "Why, it is _a man_!" They were
alarmed and cried aloud, thus announcing their discovery to their
friends on shore. The latter instantly returned, and Andrews, seeing
himself discovered, dropped from the tree, ran to the lower end of the
island, took a small log, with a limb for a paddle, and shoved into the
stream, hoping to reach the opposite shore before he could be overtaken.
But there was another party lower down the river with a skiff, who saw
him and rowed out to meet him. Thus enclosed, he gave over the hopeless
struggle, and surrendered to his fate,--inevitable death! He afterwards
said that he felt a sense almost of relief when the end had come and he
knew the worst. From the time of losing his clothing in the drift-wood
he had but little expectation of ultimate escape. The spectacle of a man
condemned to death, starving and naked, hunted through the woods and
waters by dogs and men, is one of the most pitiable that can be
imagined.
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