Hadarin jirgin kasa na Chunky Creek

Jirgin kasa na Chunky Creek ya faru ne a ranar 19 ga Fabrairu, 1863, lokacin da jirgin kasa ya fadi cikin rafin daga gada da ruwan sama ya lalata a kan layin Southern Rail Road tsakanin Meridian da Vicksburg, Mississippi.

Layin ya kasance sananne ne saboda gyare-gyare marasa kyau waɗanda aka ruwaito sun haifar da haɗari kusan kowace rana. Jirgin, tare da mai laushi da motoci huɗu ko biyar, wanda Isaiah P. Beauchamp ya tuka, yana ɗauke da ƙarfafawar Confederate zuwa muhimmiyar garuruwan Vicksburg. Mai kula da sashen yankin ya sanya alamar gargadi a kan hanya, kuma ya ba da umarni don dakatar da zirga-zirga mai shigowa, amma ba a bi waɗannan ba. Jirgin ya fadi kuma ya fada cikin rafin, ya kashe kimanin fasinjoji 75, wasu kuma 'yan Confederate sun cece su daga 1st Choctaw Battalion da ke kusa.

 Tarihi 
Kamfanin Southern Rail Road an tsara shi a cikin 1850.  An kira layin Kudancin Rail Road .  Layin wani lokacin ana kiransa "Mississippi Southern" ko "Southern Mississippi".
A cikin 1861, Kudancin Rail Road ya gudu kilomita 145 daga Vicksburg zuwa Meridian. Ya haɗu da New Orleans, Jackson & Greater Northern Rail Road a Jackson da kuma Mobile & Ohio Rail Road a Meridian. An gina hanyar Southern Rail a cikin ma'auni mai faɗi a 5 feet.

Hanyar Kudancin Rail tana da suna na kasancewa mafi munin hanyar jirgin kasa a kasar. Daily Southern Crisis, wata jaridar Jackson, ta yi iƙirarin cewa hatsarori kusan abin da ke faruwa a kowace rana ne a kan layin. An kira injin Hercules. Wataƙila yana da nau'i ɗaya da motoci huɗu da aka haɗe. Hercules wani nau'in Amurka ne na 4-0. Kafin Yaƙin, Hercules ya kasance daga New Orleans har zuwa Afrilu 1862. Isaiah P. Beauchamp, injiniya, yana zaune a New Orleans a 1860. A wasu asusun zamani, an yi kuskuren Hercules a matsayin "Mississippi Southern".

An bayar da rahoton aikawar telegraphic a ranar hadarin. Joseph M. Booker ya aika da saƙon ga Charles Storrow Williams, mai kula da Kudancin Rail Road. Tashar ta ambaci sunan injin,Ga CS WILLIAMS:

[Hasiya] - Mai gyaran telegraphic daga Newton a yau, ya ba da rahoton cewa hanyar jirgin kasa ta wanke tsakanin Newton da Hickory. Injin Hercules, wanda ya tashi a nan tare da jirgin ruwa a karfe 4 na safe a wannan safiya, ya shiga cikin kogi kusa da Chunkey. Injiniya, mai kashe gobara da yawan fasinjoji ya kamata su nitse. An gano gawawwaki takwas. Injin da motoci huɗu ba sa gani a cikin ruwa. Aiki ne ya fito. M. Booker Chunky Creek ya fara ne a arewacin Newton County. Haɗuwar Chunky, Okahatta, da Potterchitto Creeks sun haɗu kafin inda Kogin Chunky ya fara. Yanayin ruwan sama ya haifar da ambaliyar ruwa mai tsanani a cikin kwanaki kafin fashewar. Rushewar ta tara a kan goyon bayan gadar. Yayinda shugaban sashen ya yi ƙoƙari ya share tarkace, goyon bayan gada ya rushe. Wataƙila goyon baya da ya ɓace shine babban dalilin fashewar. Har ila yau, kwana daya kafin fashewar, jirgin kasa ya haye gadar, ya sa gadar ta nutse kuma, ta haka ne, ya sa goyon baya ya fice daga daidaitawa.

Absalom F. Temples, shugaban sashen, ya yi ƙoƙari ya dakatar da jiragen kasa ta hanyar sanya maza kusa da waƙoƙi da kuma kafa sigina. An sami sanarwar Temples a cikin jaridar Jackson, Mississippi The Daily Southern Crisis,A ranar Litinin da safe bayan ruwan sama na ranar da ta gabata na dauki hannaye uku, duk abin da nake da shi a cikin aikina, kuma tare da motar hannu ta wuce dukkan layin sashi na, wanda ke da tsawon kilomita takwas, na halarci turawa daga gadoji daban-daban. Na kasance a kan gadar inda hatsarin ya faru sau biyu a farkon kuma sau biyu da yamma. Na ziyarci gadoji sau hudu a rana, kuma babu wani motsi a kan gadar har sai tsakanin karfe tara da goma a safiyar Laraba. Ya je wannan gadar sau hudu a kowace rana. Da karfe 3 na safe, P. M., a ranar Laraba, guguwar ta tara sosai kuma koguna sun kumbura sosai, cewa ba zan iya motsa shi da hannaye goma sha biyu ba, idan sun kasance tare da ni. Chunkey ya kasance a mafi girma, kuma gadar ta ragu a cikin ruwa kusan inci shida, inda halin yanzu ya fi karfi. Na yi aiki a can kusan awa daya. A halin yanzu daya daga cikin bents ya ɓace, kuma tare da shi babban ɓangare na drift. Jirgin jigilar kaya na maraice ya kamata kuma ya kwanta a tashar da ke ƙasa. Akwai mutane da yawa a gadar a lokacin, kuma na tambayi Mista Green Harris, ɗaya daga cikin maƙwabta, ya dakatar da jirgin da ke gabatowa, wanda ya yi, yayin da na koma gidan sashen. Yayin da jirgin ya gudana a hankali, direban ya gaya mini in tabbatar da sanar da jirgin da zai bar Meridian da karfe uku na safe, game da haɗari a gadar. Na ce zan yi haka, kuma na ɗauki motina nan da nan kuma na tafi tankin ruwa inda Mista Hardy, ma'aikacin hanya, ke aiki. Na gaya masa ya dakatar da jiragen kasa a tankin kuma kada ya bar su wuce, saboda hanyar ta fashe kuma wasu jiragen kasa biyu sun kasance a tashar Hickory kuma ba za su iya ci gaba ba, kuma cewa daya ya karkata daga gadar kuma ba za a iya hayewa ba. 'Ina zaune da nisa da ba zan iya kasancewa a nan da kaina ba' shine amsar. Sa'an nan kuma na gaya masa ya tabbata kuma ya ajiye baƙar fata a can don manufar. Daga nan sai na koma gadar kuma na ga cewa ruwan ya fadi kusan inci biyu. Daga nan sai na haƙa rami a tsakiyar hanya kuma na sanya wani babban sanda a kusa da yadda zan iya gaya wa yadudduka 150 daga gadar. Wannan ita ce hanyar da aka saba amfani da ita don dakatar da jiragen kasa lokacin da haɗari ke gaba. Da ban iya yin wani abu mai kyau ba sai na koma gidan sashen da duhu. Kashegari da safe na ɗaga hannayena kafin hasken rana, kuma ina fita kan hanya zuwa aiki, ina da cikakken amincewa cewa Hardy ba zai bari jiragen kasa su wuce tankin ba. Kamar yadda na fara, na sadu da wani mutum da ke gudu a kan hanya tare da labarin hadarin. Wasu daga cikinsu sun ji rauni, kuma na gaya musu su hau gidana kuma duk abin da zai yiwu ya kamata a yi musu.

 Hadari 
Jirgin Hercules ya cika da ruwa tare da katako na katako da aka rushe. Za'a iya samun tarkace na ganga, akwatuna, da kayan aiki a cikin ruwan sanyi na hunturu. Kimanin 75 daga cikin kusan fasinjoji ɗari sun mutu saboda tasirin saurin amma wasu sun nitse bayan sun makale a ƙarƙashin rushewar.

The Athens Post; wata jarida ta Athens, Tennessee; ta ruwaito wadannan,Wani mutum daga Chunkey ya ce injin da motoci biyar suna karkashin ruwa. - Mai gudanarwa ya ji rauni, amma ya yi iyo. - Ba a ji labarin injiniyan ba. Tsakanin mutane ashirin da biyar zuwa hamsin ya kamata su ɓace - galibi sojoji, waɗanda suka buɗe kowane mota a cikin jirgin ƙasa kuma suka shiga can kafin su bar nan. Motoci na uku da na biyar suna da sojoji da doki daya kawai - kimanin mutane saba'in a cikin biyun. Injiniyan ya kasance a gaba a kan injin yana kallon waje, kuma mai gudanarwa yana kan injin.An kafa sansanin Confederate a kusa da Chunky Creek lokacin da fashewar ta faru. Wataƙila sun kasance daga cikin John W. Pierce's 1st Choctaw Battalion waɗanda Confederacy ta ba da izini kwana biyu kafin fashewar. Samuel G. Spann, Kyaftin a wannan lokacin, shi ma yana sansanin don daukar 'yan Indiyawan Amurka don umarnin da yake tsammani - Spann's Independent Scouts . An ji kiran neman taimako a sansanin, kuma an umarci maza da su "tafiye zuwa ceto!"

A cikin wata kasida a cikin mujallar Confederate Veteran, Spann ya rubuta game da yanayin rikici, "injiniya yana ƙarƙashin umarnin soja, kuma dogon jirginsa na motocin ya cika da sojoji na Confederate, waɗanda, kamar injiniyan, suna da rai tare da motsi ɗaya - zuwa Vicksburg! zuwa nasara ko mutuwa! Dukkanin ya wuce sai dai motar da ta baya. Ginin ya karkatar daga famfo, kuma cikin ruwa mai tsananin tare da kusan sojoji ɗari motar baya ta tashi. "Taimakon! "ya kasance kuka, amma babu taimako. "
Spann ya ci gaba a cikin labarinsa na mujallar,Kiran ya kai sansanin. "Fly to the ceto!" shine umarnin, kuma a cikin ɗan gajeren lokaci fiye da yadda zan iya ba da labarin kowane Indiya yana wurin. A can ne Jack Amos ya sake nuna ƙarfin hali da sadaukarwarsa ga sojojin Confederate. Ba lallai bane in manta da cewa, duk da haka, tare da irin wannan jaruntaka da himma Elder [Jackson], wani soja na Indiya mai cikakken jini, ya tabbatar da cewa daidai da gaggawa. Jack Amos da Elder [Jackson] dukansu suna zaune a yanzu a Newton County. [Jackson] yanzu ministan Baptist ne, tun da yake ya kasance dalibi ne na bishara a ƙarƙashin Rev. N. L. Clark mai daraja kuma ƙaunatacce, yanzu yana zaune a Decatur, Newton County, kuma mahaifin Dr. Clark, na Meridian. A karkashin jagorancin wadannan jarumai biyu marasa tsoro, kowane Indiya da ke wurin ya cire kuma ya shiga cikin kogi mai tsananin gaske don ceton sojojin da ke nutsar. An fitar da gawawwaki casa'in da shida a kan wani sanannen yanki na ƙasa sama da layin ruwa. An ta da mutum ashirin da biyu kuma sun dawo da umarnin su, kuma duk ma'aunin an binne su a kan hanyar jirgin kasa, inda yanzu suke kwance a cikin cikakken ra'ayi na jirgin da ke wucewa, sai dai tara, waɗanda daga baya abokai masu kama da juna suka binne su kuma suka ba su binne mafi daraja.Spann, S.G. (December 1905). "Choctaw Indians As Confederate Soldiers". Confederate Veteran Magazine. XIII (12): 560 and 561.Wani fitaccen ɗan ƙasa ya tsira daga hadarin. Willis R. Norman ya zauna kusa da tashar Hickory, Mississippi . Norman yana cikin motar da ta fi kusa da injin. Ya yi nasarar yin iyo zuwa aminci duk da cewa ya ji mummunan rauni. Daily Southern Crisis ya ba da rahoton yanayin Norman,

Kimanin shekara guda kafin fashewar kuma a cikin "karkatar da ƙaddara", Norman na ɗaya daga cikin 'yan ƙasa da yawa na Newton County waɗanda suka roki Indiyawa Choctaw su yi aiki a yakin basasa.

 Sakamakon haka 
Kwanaki da yawa bayan fashewar, ana dawo da gawawwaki da kaya daga rafin. An binne gawarwakin da yawa a kan hanyar jirgin kasa da / ko a gonar Absalom F. Temple. An gano jikin Isaiah P. Beauchamp kuma an tura shi gidansa a Forest, Mississippi . 

An sami Cash a hannun fasinja daya wanda ya mutu a hadarin. William P. Grayson a bayyane yake lauya ne kuma an zabe shi a matsayin mai caji na Bankin New Orleans a cikin shekarun 1850. A lokacin yakin, Grayson ya kasance wakilin sayen Confederate wanda ke da alhakin sayen auduga. An ruwaito cewa yana da har zuwa $ 80,000.

Lieutenant Frank J. Ames, ɗan asalin New Orleans, ya kasance mai bincike na sirri kuma an sanya shi don bincike. Ames jami'in 'yan sanda ne na New Orleans kuma yana da kwarewar' yan sanda tun 1859. Ya kirkiro rahotanni. Brigadier Janar John Adams ya karanta wani rahoto game da kwamishinan da sunayen gawawwakin da aka gano.

 Kafofin watsa labarai 
Jirgin Chunky Creek Train Wreck ya zama jigon jarida a duk faɗin Amurka da Tarayyar Amurka. An kafa Memphis Daily Appeal a Jackson, Mississippi a lokacin fashewar. Fayetteville Observer ya kama tattaunawa game da bala'in.

Don tafiya a cikin Tarayyar Jihohi, ana buƙatar fasfo. Tsarin fasfo na Confederate ya taimaka wajen gano yiwuwar 'yan leƙen asirin, masu ficewa, ko masu shiga soja. Fasfo sun kasance ne da farko don ganewa, kuma an yi wa fararen fata da yawa laifi lokacin da ake buƙatar su sami fasfo a lokacin Yaƙin.

 Nazarin 
A cikin karni na 20, an gudanar da bincike da yawa na al'ada.

Sanata Pat Harrison ya binciki shiga Choctaws a yakin basasa. Ya yi ƙoƙari ya sanya abin tunawa don tunawa da hidimarsu.

A shekara ta 1985, an yi matakai da yawa don gano kaburbura na sojoji da aka samu a kan hanyar jirgin kasa. Daraktan Ma'aikatar Tarihi da Tarihi na Lauderdale County Jim Dawson ya yi tafiye-tafiye da yawa zuwa yankin Chunky Creek.

Harold Graham da membobin Newton County Historical and Genealogical Society sun bincika yankin da ya rushe don wuraren kabari a shekara ta 2004. 

A cikin 2015 & 2016, masanin tarihi & marubuci Robert Bruce Ferguson ya bincika yankin da ake zaton ya rushe. Ya ɗauki hotuna da yawa na dijital don zurfin karatu da bincike.

 Bikin Tunawa 
U.C.V. Camp Dabney H. Maury ya yi ƙoƙari ya sanya abin tunawa a wurin da jirgin ya rushe. Wata jaridar New Orleans ta rubuta, "ya kamata a gina wani abin tunawa na dindindin a kan wannan wurin binnewa wanda zai yi aiki don ci gaba da mutuwar shahidai na Kudancin da ƙarfin zuciya da jaruntaka na Choctaws". [1] Saboda dalilan da ba a sani ba, ba a taɓa sanya abin tunawa ba.

An sanya karamin alamar tarihi a wurin da hatsarin ya faru a ranar 19 ga Fabrairu, 2005.

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