The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1894-03-21
AHdersoH gntelligeHter.
Episode OF the Civil War.

Mr.. Charles f.. Grogan, OF the
Southern Society, was lieutenant in
Mosby's command during the war. 1t
only requires reference to the old
guerrilla chief or to the famous raids
in Loudon county to remind Mr.. Gro
gan of story, and the story is always
worth listening to. A few nights ago
Mr.. Grogan was asked by one Of his
friends:
''Did Mosby ever take any of the
plunder that was captured in those
raids?"
''No," he replied promptly, che
never took cent Of it. remember
one occasion when he madea raid on
a railroad train and captured, $3.50, 900.
The money was divided among the
men, share and share alike, but Mosby
would not take cent. Perhaps you
never heard the story
Of course no one had ever heard it
in detail before, and Mr.. Grogan, after
rejecting to recall the incidents, told
it as follows:
''The raid is known throughout the
South as the 'greenback raid It was
near Duffeld station on the. Baltimore.
and Ohio railroad, Observation-Disclosures
and Martinsburg. There were about
sixty-fYe. Of sus, with Mosby himself.
in command: We took Into our,
heads to ditch train, thinking that
we'd find one full of yankees going to
the front. We hadn't the slightest
idea what kind of luck We were
going to have what we would encoun-
ter. 81
'sWe selected a spot where. the rail-
road ran between two steep banks.
There were two tracks there, and we
tore up one Of them, I forget which.
Presently a train came along on the
other track;and passed us: To take.
no more chances we tore up the other
track. Then we hid ourselves at
the topof the embankment and watt
ed. ,S
Presently a train came along-I
think it was moving westward and
we all got up and watched it. When
it came to the place where the rails
were torn up the engine quietly turned,
over on her side and fell against the
embankment. The whole thing was
over in a few seconds without o. bit Of
noise or fuss. Nobody was hurt ex-
cept Che fireman, who was killed,
I believe. The cars all remained
standing.
"Our men at once went through the
cars and ordered everybody. out.
There were great many immigrants
on the train, and we had hard time
explaining to them that we wanted
them to get out of the cars. We no
ticed two men who seemed rather anx-
ious about their baggage. One had
box and the other a carpetbag. We
relieved the gentlemen Of their bur-
den, and to our great surprise we
found the bag and box full Of green
backs and treasury notes. It turned
out that the two men were paymasters
going to the front with money for the
army.
"When we got this money, Mosby
put it in my charge and told me to get
across the river with it as fast as I
could. Two men and myself 'immedi-
ately set out for Loudon county with
the money, and rode hard all night. [
remember distinctly that one Of the.
horses slipped; and tie rider was
thrown to the ground, scattering the
greenbacks he carried right and left.
I remember, too, that the other man
and myself laughed, while he picked
up the money, and teased him. -
ssThe next morning Mosby and the
Others caught up with us, andlwe all
stopped under tree and divided the
money. The money, believe,
amounted to about $500 We
weren't very enthusiastic about it,
because we. didn't know whether it
was good for anything or not. The
treasury notes were fresh from the
mint, and some Of them bore coupons.
The men called it money with tails to
it. Mosby insisted on the money
being divided equally, but he did not
take cent.
IT do not remember how many pris-
oners we took. 5One Of our men, j..
Monroe Haskell, gave $50 to a major
whom he had captured. Some over
jealous guerrilla had relieved the ma
jor of his overcoat, his pocketbook
and his small change. ."-New YORK;