Daring and Suffering: A History of the Great Railroad Adventure

· 1904

Sad Retrospective--Object of the Book--Military Situation in the Southwest--Disaster and Energy of the Rebels--Necessity for a Secret Expedition--A Proposition to Buell and Mitchel--An Attempt and Failure--Return of Adventurers--Second Expedition--Writer Volunteers--Andrews, the Leader--Parting from the Regiment--On the Way--Perplexities--The Writer _Cur-tailed_! 23-35 Midnight Consultation--Plans Developed--Money Distributed--_Compagnons du Voyage_--A Dismal Night--Sheltered from the Storm--Southern Unionist--Arrested by Federal Soldiers--Beyond the Lines--Panic Caused by Negroes--Method of Avoiding Suspicion--Continuous Rain--Behind Time--Hunting Human Beings with Bloodhounds--The Cumberl…

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