Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-10-31
MosBy,s GREENBACK RAID.
4 Yankees Experience When the
Confederates Got 100000.


Justice Michael r. Tyrell. No 500 south
Charles street, sends the Sun the annexed
interesting letter from his brother, Mr.
r. NJ Tyrell. who resides at No. 2O9 east
Tenth street, New York. The letter was
ELECTED by clipping from the Sun, which
had been forwarded him. describing the
banquet of "Mosby's men" at the Eutaw
House Thursday last, the anniversary or
the greenback raid by the Rangers on
Baltimore and Ohio passenger train, near
Duffield. W. Va, when two Federal ma
TORS, with about 100000 in greenbacks in
their possession. were among the spoils:
"On the morning of the 18th OF October,
1854. / arrived in Baltimore, nurse, IN
charge of some wounded Confederate pri-
soners. and having reported to the pro-
yost marshal received transportation Dack
to the front and about 10 o'clock the same
night / got on the Inflated Baltimore and
Ohio train which was to bear me on the
first stage OF my journey to Libby Prison.
/ was on one of the forward cars, in
which there was q scattering Of soldiers
and few citizens, but no ladies. enter
ed from the rear OF the car and TOOK inc
FIRST seat on my left near the door. After
/ had removed my knapsack and belt
noticed another soldier across the aisle
from where / sat- He was taking pull
at a flask. and asked my assistance in re-
ducing its weight. After q little chat.
punctuated occasionally by further efforts
at the flask, the weight OF which we soon
reduced TO minimum. / settled myself
as comfortably as 1 could, and in a very
short time was sound asleep.
81 was suddenly awakened by the most
horrible humping and swaying of the
car mingled with shots and the crash OF
the glass above my head With the in
stinct OF self-preservation l sprang to my
feet and grabbed my knapsack. AS the
car stopped the door was dashed violently
open, and big, rough-looking trooper.
holding smoking pistol In his hand.
stalked In and shouted: Get outside, you
blankety blank Yankee blanks II is need
less 10 say / very rapidly compiled with
his more forcible than elegant request.
ut was In the earliest dawn of crisp
October morning. The train had been de-
rallied In a cut and Some of the cars lay
over on their side The din was horrible.
What with the gloom, the occasional
shots. the loud cries of women, shouts.
orders and curses of men, and the loud
hiss OF escaping steam, the scene was one
going TO dc with usg l excitedly asked
one Of the troopers, for l knew we were
In the hands Of the dreaded Mosby's
guerillas.' Take you over there to the
edge of the woods yonder and shoot YOU
he sayagely replied.
Come. come. sergeant I said to my
neighbor. let's make break: better be
shot down making an effort than oh.
keep quiet and COOL he interrupted.
They don't do things that way Just yet
by this time everybody was out of the
cars. and we were ordered up on the bank
and mustered, while the loud cracking OF
flames gave notice that the train had
been fired. The muster showed about
twenty-one soldiers. two majors (the pay
masters), two lieutenants. one OF whom.
! believe. was member OF General Sheri-
dams stan. AS we moved of under the
care or the troopers probably some OF
them may remember that a hatless, ex-
cited citizen, with blood streaming down
his race, followed one OF them. piteously
begging for the return OF some papers.
] believe the trooper threw him the
package
And maybe one OF them may remen-
Der one OF the prisoners, poor slim lad
OF Is or fs summers. who couldn't keep up
and who was helped on a miserable, raw
honed nag. without saddle. The kind
ness was duly appreciated at the time.
and during the remainder OF the Journey
he % learned that there was many n
kind and generous heart beating under
the gray jackets OF the dreaded 'Mosby's
guerill6s.'