Famous Adventures And Prison Escapes of the Civil War
The book Famous Adventures And Prison Escapes of the Civil War was written by author George W Cable Here you can read free online of Famous Adventures And Prison Escapes of the Civil War book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is Famous Adventures And Prison Escapes of the Civil War a good or bad book?
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The track was now clear before us to Chattanooga; and even west of that city we had good reason to believe that we should find no other train in the way till we had reached Mitchel's lines. If one rail could now be lifted we would be in a few minutes at the Oostenaula bridge ; and that burned, the rest of the task would be ;■«.. «. THE LOCOMOTIVE CHASE IN GEORGIA 95 little more than simple manual labor, with the enemy absolutely powerless. We worked with a will. But in a moment the tables were ...turned. Not far behind we heard the scream of a locomotive bearing down upon us at lightning speed. The men on board were in plain sight and well armed. Two minutes — perhaps one — would have removed the rail at which we were toiling; then the game would have been in our own hands, for there was no other locomotive beyond that could be turned back after us. But the most desperate efforts were in vain. The rail was simply bent, and we hurried to our engine and darted away, while remorselessly after us thundered the enemy.
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