Overland Route trains face chase and bridge obstruction tale
A dramatic account describes Union Pacific trains on the Overland Route racing to reach the Pacific coast amid pursuit by Confederate forces. The crew disables track with ties and bends rails, fights off a pursuing engine, and seeks wood fuel at a distant yard while guns fire from behind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Portland
Ogden
Salt Lake City
San Francisco
Sacramento
Los Angeles
Pacific Coast
Pacific Hotel Company
Calhoun
Andrews
Chattanooga
Hunteville
Mitchel
Oostenanla
Kingston
Fuller
Murphy
Resaca
Oostenaula
Scott
The Big Shanty Train Capture and Tunnel Narrow Escape
Recount of a dramatic Confederate chase as Andrews’s band sabotages tracks near Dalton and Dalton to Chattanooga. Fuller races the pursuing force to the great tunnel with ambush risks, a telegram to Chattanooga, and a tense escape past Chickamauga bridges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrews
Dalton
Tunnel Hill
Calhoun
Fuller Hae
Chattanooga
Atlanta
Kingston
Fuller
Head Fuller
Mr. Murphy
Daring and Suffering A Civil War Rail Raid Narrative
The account follows Andrews and the raid into Georgia in 1862 as recounted by expedition member William Pittenger. It describes attempts to cut rail lines, burn bridges, and outpace pursuers toward Chattanooga, with details of devices used to disable track and the crew’s resolve despite danger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tilton
Wood Yard
Dalton
Scott
Knight
Andrews
Georgia
William Pittenger
Desperate Escape On Resaca Bridge Chase
The narrative details a calculated act to destroy a bridge during a rear pursuit. With limited fuel and a faster pursuing engine, the group plans to drop their last car on the trestle to block the line. They weigh risks of moving the car and warning nearby Resaca as pursuers close in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brown
Knight
Andrews
Calhoun
Fuller
Texas
Wilson
Rex's Pile Remedy Promoted in Greeley Colorado
A testimonial from Adelia R. Cash in Greeley Colorado on September 16 1887 praises Rex's Pile Remedy as a cure for severe piles. She claims relief within a week after trying numerous medicines and physicians. The statement is sworn before James Scott Notary Public and lists J J Reithman & Co as wholesale agents with a money back guarantee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adelia R. Cash
James
Scott
Sean Notary Public
J. J. Reithman & Co
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Union Pacific Railway
United States Overland Mail
Council Blaltsmaha
Kansas City
California
D. B. Kee
Cole
T.J. Porter
Tepners
Pas
F. L. Lomax
Pass
Omaha
Neb
Adairsville
Marietta
Big Shanty
Confederacy
Puller
Green's
Cleveland
Tennessee
Richmond
Corinth
Jesse Glenn
Chickamauga
War Fubtishion Co
Oostenaula Bridge
Ely’s
Fly
KLY Bros
Greenwich St
New York
Greeley People
Greeley
Rex
East Indies
Amasioa
Royal Baking Powper Co
Wall St
N. Y
St. Louis
Chicago
Niagara Falls
Boston
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