Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-11-17
Pursuit Of the LoCom0-
tive, the General.
1 MOST THRILLING EXPERIENCE.
Tho Story Of One Who Participated 10
The Chase.
AT THE TOMB OF LEE.
Father Ryan'S Tribute to The Elo-
quence of Daniel.
THE CONFEDERATE VETERAN CAMPS.
Some of the Reasons for Their
Formation.
WOMEN OF THE GRAY.
Dr.. HopkinSS Address at Their Al
lanta Meeting.
WOMEN OF THE GRAY
Dr.. Hopkins's Address at Their At
Ianta Meeting.
THE CADETS At NEW MARKET
A Vivid Description of Their Cap
ture of the Federal Bntters-o"e
o,r ncod-The Confcdcrncy's
ChiyaIry-Compari

feature Of the exposition that at
tracts a great deal Of attention among
northern visitors IS. says TIE Az
,anta Constitution. the old engine Gene
val in the train shed. The northern news
nat,ers have devoted an unusual amount
~ attention 10 the old locomotive ana
many are the stories that have gone out
concerning the thrilling incident III winch
IN. engine figured Some of these stories
,ava heen correct: Others have been 80
inaccurate as 10 call forth the true state
ment Of the facts from captain W. "a
Fuller. who was conductor of The tralh
that was drawn by the engine on tha'
f0tal morning.
sneaking of the matter Captain Fuller
said:
"Nlv attention IS called to recent aru-
elcs in the newspapers of the country
violating 10 the Andrews raiders VINO cap
,ura1 The engine General. at Big Shdnty'
ON tho 10Th Of April. 1862. In some oi inc
northern accounts ] am said 10 have hau
a regiment uf armed men IL the pursuit
40 correct this 40 well as some n'hel
misleading stories. ana for the uu'h Vi
HISTORY / have concluded 10 give an
"a abridged
,ursuit. and recapture, over my own
s,~,ature for the first time. OF course
,,,is sccouni viii he sh0rn of all OF the
in,uortaut features of the MAGNITUDE oil
the raid on The part of the felelals, az
1yep as the resultant benefits 10 the Con-
f.derate States by reason Of the iailuie
of the raiders TO carry ont their purpose
a history is now being prepared WHICH
vii, fuliv discuss these and all othcr I'M
tod W
Then for present purposes shaH
deal nnlv with the capture Of the Gene
ri the pursuit and the recapturc by IN
Ccnfederates, as ! suppose they shouu
b. called
.NIv train consisted OF three freight
cars next To- the General Win a iaSsei-
,er train attached Big Shauty being the
breakfast station, the train crew anu
NEST Of the pas sengers went into break
fast and a. we were about 10 take our
ueal the gong of the engine rang.
locked out. and saw, TO my establishment,
Inc General ana the three freiSnt-cars
speeding along around the curve. Re-
marking 10 my engineer Mr.. Jeff Cain.
that some one who had no right TO had
run off with our engine, ran out OF the
hotel and after the engine as fast az
my legs would carry me. When
reached Moons Station two miles away.
1 came upon the track hands, who mad
been robbed of their tools by the raiders,
and from them learned enough to satisiy
me of the true character of the raiders;
a,so learned thai there Were at least
twenty or more OF them. An old hand
car such as Is used for hauling railroad
timbers. was hurriedly put upon the
track. / debated in my own mind
whether l should push back after Cain
or proceed Immediately in the chase.
The former course was adopted. and
with two track hands We ran back about
a mile, where Cam was met Mr. y.
Murphy was with him. From that point
10 Etowah. nearly twenty piles, we
pushed our way along as fast as We could
i cannot recount the many dangers and
hair-breadth escapes of this most eX-
citing run.
II had calculated upon reaching Eto-
wah In time TO catch the Ionah. an
engine belong 10 the Mark a. Cooper
Iron Works. In this the old hand-car
pLshers were successful.
"The Yonah was there but apart from
her tender. which was on another track.
All hands went 10 work to get the YOnah
coupled to the tender. ana at once
pressed her into service in the chase. The
Yonah was run by her own crew from
EtowLn TO Kingston at d most reckless
rate CT speed.
at the latter station it was learned
tina, the fleeing raiders were only short
while ahead. They had left Kingston
In great jam of trains reaching far out
on the main line, 50 much so, indeed, as
10 convince me at once that the lonah
could not be gotten by in time 10 be used
further in the pursuit.
Running around all the long trains to
the north end Of the Kingston car-yard.
where the Rome railroad intersected
the State road main line. | found. as had
sassif he L.
fred Shorter, which was at once pressed
into service. as the Yonah had been. She
was run by her own crew. Wylie Hardin
as engineer. and his fireman, from Kings
ton to a point SIX miles above, where The
raiders had taken up the track and car
ried the rails away. l rode on the cow
catcher to remove distractions dropped
before US by the raiders. Here 1 aban-
doned the Rome engine, and again took
IL afoot When i had run about two
miles / met south-bound freight. as /
had anticipated The engine of this train
was run by Peter /. Brachen Texas was
the name Of the engine. stopped
Brachen, and turned him back in the
pursuit. but will let MIR. Brachen and
his fireman tell their own story IN the
form Of certificate now IN my posses
sion:
GEORGIA. CHATHAM COUNTY SA-
that my memory Is distinct and that
have 10 doubt Of the absolute truthful
ness OF the facts here following:
l. / was the locomotive engineer In
charge OF the engine Texas on the 18TH
day OF April iS62. and that | alone ran
her while la pursuit of the Andrews raid
ers from "a point two miles south Of
Adairsville. where Captain w A. Fuller
met and stopped me. 10 a point three
miles north OF Ringgold where the An
drews raiders abandoned the General and
took to the woods.
2 That Captain w. A. Fuller was the
conductor IA charge and that We had with
us employed on the engine after Captain
Fuller had switched of the train q,
Adairsyllle Henry Haney, now foreman
OF flre-Engine Company No. T. Of At.
lanta. as fireman; Elem Cox. an employee
OF the road. but not employed on my
engine. acted as wood-pssser. and on,
Alonzo Martin acted as train hand, and
that these were the only persons actual,