The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-04-14

Mosby's "creenbsekR Raid" with Ia
Uasxps,tsd Capture Of Currency.

Oasxpssssd CaptuPO OF Currency.
Mr.. Charles f.. Grogan, OF the South
ern Society, was lieutenant in
Mosby's command during the war.
Ii only requires n reference to the old
guerrilla chief or to the famous raids
in Loudon county to remind Mr.. Gro
gan of n story, and the story is al
ways worth iStening 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, "he
never took n cent OF il. | remember
one occasion when we made raid on
n railroad train and captured $780,
600. The money was divided among
the men, share and share alike, but
Mosby did not take cent OF it,
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 il as follows:
This raid Is known throughout
the South as the greenback raid. 1t
was near Dutlield station on the Bal
tlmore and Ohio Railroad between
Baltimore and Martinsburg. There
were about sixty-iive OF us, with Mos
by himself i'm command We took it
into our heads to ditch train, think
ing that we'd find one full of Yankees
going 10 the front. We hadn't the
slightest idea what kind OF luck wa
were going to have or what we would
encounter.
1--WE selected spot whore the rail-
road ran between two steep banks.
There were two tracks there, and we
tore up one of them, forget which.
Presently IA train came along on the
other track and passed us. To take
no more chances, we at once tore up
the other track. Then we hid our
selves at the top Of the embankment
and waited.
Presently n train came along-I
think il was moving westward-and
We all got up and watched IL. When
IL came TO the spot where the rails
were torn the engine quietly turned
over on her side and fell against tho
over i'm few seconds without bit OF
noise or fuss. Nobody was hurt ex-
cept the fireman, who was killed, I
believe. The cars all remained stand
ing.
"Our men at once went through
the ears and ordered everybody out.
There were n great many immigrants
on the train, and we had hard time
explaining TO them to get out OF the
cars. We noticed two men who
seemed TO be rather anxious about
their baggage One had tin box and
the other cnrpet-bag. We relieved
the gentlemen OF their burden, and
TO our great surprise we found the
bag and the box full OF greenbacks
and Treasury notes. IL turned out
that the two men were paymasters
going to the front with money for the
army.
when we got this money, Mosby
put IL In my charge, and told me to
get across the river with IL m fast as
could. Two men and myself imme-
diately set out for Loudon county
with the money, and rode hard all
night. ! remember distinctly that
one OF the horses slipped, and the
rider was thrown to the ground, scat
tering the greenbacks he carried
right and left. remember, too, that
the other man and myself laughed
while he picked up the money and
tcascd him. T.
"The next morning Mosby and the
others caught up with us, and we all
stopped under tree TO divide the
The money, | believe,
amounted to about $4,000. We
very enthusiastic about il,
because we didn't know whether 10
was good for anything or not The
Treasury notes were fresh from the
mint, and some Of them bore coupons.
The men called 1t money with tails
10 it. Mosby insisted on the money
being divided equally among the men,
Dut he did not take cent.
81 do not remember how many
prisoners we took. One Of our men,
J. Monroe IIuskell, gave $50 Of his
money TO IA Major whom we had cap
,ured. Some ovcr-zcalous guerrilla
iad relieved the Major OF his over
,oat, his pocket-book, and his small
'hange. = New York Sun.