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Show Monument to Raiders. Sheltered by waving branches, H kissed by breezes perfumo-ladon, on M tho bnttlo field of Chlckamauga, Is tho pL strnngest monument cvor made. A M mimic cngluo of quaint, old-fashioned YM pattorn, In solid bronzo, rests upon m H granite pedestnl. H Upon tho sides are graven tho names jH of tho heroes In an exploit, tho most, H daring over conceived by imin. Tot H steal nn englno, destroy a railroad,, cut tho communications of a state.' H This was tho slight task attempted by IH tho Androws raiders, James K. An-, H drows and his followers. Had thoyj H succeeded tho result would hvo been! disastrous to tho Confederacy. Thoy pH stolo tho englno most successfully, at H Big Shanty, on tho Western and At- M lantlc Railroad, whllo conductor, crew end pasaengcrs breakfasted. And then M began tho queerest run, tho hottest M cimso on record, though tho chasers j started porforco on foot, on what l seemed n hopeless errand. An englno ' wns soon secured, however, nnd there- M after tho raco was a moro equal ono, H delayed by tho leader obstructing tho track, whercvor posslblo, though this M also delayed their own flight. .sH Lack of fuel finally forcod tho aban- H ddnment of tho "General," and Its lM plucky kidnapers woro promptly cap- ! Hired. Eight, Including tho leader, ' wero executed In Atlanta. Eight es- 'H caped and six were exchanged from 'M Llbby prison. All, with ono occeptlon, M wero Ohio's sons, nnd tho stato has raised this monument to tell succeed- Ing generations of their courage Tho "General," long In constant use, H but at last out of service, stands in tho Union depot in Chattanooga, dally H vlowed by hundreds, a proud veteran,' scornful of tho newer snorting things which puff about without a history. H |