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Title: The great locomotive chase; a history of the Andrews railroad raid into Georgia in 1862
Year: 1917 (1910s)
Authors: Pittenger, William, 1840-1904
Subjects: Chattanooga Railroad Expedition, 1862
Publisher: Philadelphia, The Penn publishing company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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Brown, F William Knight, E D. A. Dorsey, H 33rd Martin J. Hawkins A John Wollam, Co. C To the rear of the die the names of those who were exchanged frpn>Libby Prison. G. 2nd Ohio VolK 33rdB H 2ISt G K Inf. William Pittenger, Co.Jacob Parrot, William Reddick, Robert Buffum, William Bensinger, Elisha H. Mason, This design selected, its execution was let to the Smith GraniteCompany of Westerly, R. I., who have moulded this fruit of imaginationinto material, bearing on its imperishable face of marble the story ofthe living and dead. The completion and unveiling of this tardy justice to the dead andrecognition of the living is the last chapter of the daring act begun 29years ago. History knows no parallel to it, fiction touches no domainkindred to it, tradition tells naught that compares to it; as long as thespirit of chivalry and freedom finds its abode in the heart of man thedaring hardihood of these men will never be forgotten. From Andrews Raiders, by F. M. Gregg, Chattanooga, 1891.
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CHAPTER XLV. DEDICATION OF THE OHIO MONUMENT. THE unveiling of the Andrews monument on the 30th of May, 1891,was a unique and interesting celebration. Surviving raiderscame from Ohio, Kansas, Oklahoma, Nebraska, Iowa and Cali-fornia. Excursion trains were run at reduced rates from Columbus andCincinnati. The whole town of Chattanooga, n^w grown to be a greatcity, made holiday. Great trouble was taken to mark every spot con-nected with the raid, and committees of citizens dispensed a lavish hos-pitality. Many thousand old soldiers and not a few ex-confederateswere present. Two or three days in advance visitors began to arrive,and the stir and joyous bustle afforded a most striking contrast to thefirst time the raiders had looked upon the village of Chattanooga.During this time the newspapers teemed with sketches, incidents andillustrations. The headquarters of the party was at the Read House—a magnificent hotel opposite the Atlanta depot and on the site of theCrutchfield House to whi

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