Capturing a Locomotive: a History of Secret Service in the Late War
Capturing a Locomotive: a History of Secret Service in the Late War
Pittenger William
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But this was the sudden opening of an awful gulf at our feet. All noise and merriment wero suspended, and we passed the whole day in mourning. We could not talk to our guards as lightly as we had done before, for there was now blood between us. We all loved Andrews, and would have undergone any peril to save him, but there was no possibility now even of vengeance. And, although his fate was gov- erned by different principles from ours, we could not help feeling more distrustful of our own posit...ion. An extra guard, bearing a great number of ropes, came in the morning after the last trial, and we were called out of our cages. This was startling, as we had no hint of their purpose, and the word was even passed around that we were all to be taken out and hanged immediately. But one of the outside prisoners found an opportunity to inform us that he had overheard the commander saying that he was to remove us to prevent our capture in case of a sudden Federal dash upon Knoxville. This convinced us that we were only to have another of our frequent changes of prisons.
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