Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-26


old jack knife, the men determined to
escape and actually succeeded in hack
| ing a way through the ceiling. through
which Andrews, under sentence of
death, made a short-lived dash for lib
erty before they were discovered. An
drews, recaptured, was hanged June Z.
June IS seven more of the raiders
were executed in Atlanta, to which
city the surviving raiders. thirteen in
number. were removed again to stand
trial.
October 16, 1862. learning that the
time of their trial was approaching.
| the remaining prisoners. although in
fected with scurvy and hardly more
| than living skeletons, perfected plan
of escape.
They were divided into squads and
| told off to attack the seven Jail guards
at a given signal. Armed only with a
when full. had been sent in for the re-
lief of the scurvy sufferers. Dorsey was
well in the front Of the attack.
While the jailers were being over
ers in the Jail to whom the Federal
raiders had promised aid. Out through
the Jail gate. over a. picket fence, in
which Dorsey's legs caught for several
precious seconds, and into strip OF
woods and the Jail breaking was ac-
complished successfully.
From then on. living often in open
fields, often eating nothing but the
wild muscadine grape of that section.
| or occasional meals obtained by all
sorts of subterfuges, and largely made
possible only by the presence in their
party of Confederate deserter. Dorsey
and Hawkins finally made their way
over the Cumberland mountains to
Federal outposts.
ITO the best of my knowledge" de-
clares Lieut.. Dorsey. there ARE alive
today only four of the men who were
aboard the train hauled by the old
track. They are Knight, who now lives
in Striker, Ohio: Brown. who lives in
Toledo. Ohio: Bensinger, who lives in
McColm, Ohio, and myself. J. r. Porter,
who was one of the original party. but
who was left off in Marietta. lives in
Eureka Springs, Ark"
Those who composed the Andrews
raiding party. according to the United
States pension bureau, were: James j.
Andrews. leader. citizen of Flemings-
burg. Ky William H. Campbell, citizen
of Kentucky; Marion A. Ross. sergeant
major. I'd Ohio Infantry; William Pit
tenger. sergeant. Company G. I'd Ohio
Infantry: George d. Wilson, private.
Company 3, I'd Ohio Infantry; Charles
p. Shadrich, private. Company K. I'd
Ohio Infantry; Elihu H. Mason. SER
geant, Company X, 21st Ohio Infantry:
John NJ Scott. sergeant. Company F.
21st Ohio Infantry; William w. Brown,
corporal, Company F. 21st Ohio Infan
try; Mark Wood, private, Company c,
Ohio Infantry: William Knight, private,
Company E. 21st Ohio Infantry: John r.
Porter. private, Company G. 21st Ohio
Infantry; William Bensinger, private,
Company G. 21st Ohio Infantry: Robert
Buffum, private. Company Fl. 21st Ohio
Infantry; Martin J. Hawkin. corporal.
Company A. 33d Ohio Infantry: Will
liam H. Reddick, corporal. Company B.
SD Ohio Infantry; Daniel A Dorsey,
corporal, Company H, 33d Ohio Infan-
try: John Woolam, private. Company
C. 33d Ohio Infantry; Samuel Slavens.
private, Company E, 33d Ohio Infantry;
Samuel Robertson. private, Company G.
SD Ohio Infantry, and Jacob PARROT,
private, Company K, SD Ohio Infan-
try.
The eight men who wereN executed at
Atlanta, Ga, in June, 1862. for partici-
patton in the raid were Andrews, the
leader; Campbell, Ross. George d. Will
son, Shadrach, Scott. Slavens and Rob-
ertson. The eight who escaped from
the Atlanta prison were Brown, Wood,
John A. Wilson. Knight, Porter, Haw-
kins, Dorsey and Woolam. The six re-
naming members of the party. Pittin-
ger. Mason. Bensinger. Buffum. Red
dick and PARROT, were paroled at City
Point, Va, March II. 1853.