The FReeper Foxhole Remembers The Andrew's Raid -Locomotive Chase (4/12/1862) - Apr. 11th, 2003

http://ngeorgia.goldenink.com/history/raiders.html ^

[WhiskeyPapa]

Picked this up somewhere. This guy was one of the raiders:

"Albert noted that when Wilson stood on the scaffold in Atlanta, he asked to address the crowd present to watch him hanged. He told them he wished them no ill and that he didn't mind dying, for that was a soldier's duty. He said he only regretted that Southerners had been deceived by their secessionist leaders, and that one day the flag of a restored Union would fly above the gallows where he was about to be hanged."

Walt

[WhiskeyPapa]

Anyone remember the Walt Disney movie they made of this event?

I remember it vividly. I'm from Chattanooga.

I remember at the end the one combative guy went back to help Andrews (Fess Parker) just because he wanted to slug another rebel. He wound up being hanged just before Andrews; there was a scene where Andrews and Fuller shook hands at that point. Very cool.

Walt

[SpookBrat]

Interesting SAM. Where do you get all these detailed ideas? I never heard this story before. Have a good day.

[AnAmericanMother]

Anyone remember the Walt Disney movie they made of this event?

Sure. But the Buster Keaton version is a lot more fun - and really a better film (although a comedy it has a certain flavor of history.) It was my kids' favorite movie for quite awhile - they clamored to see it over and over.

[SAMWolf]

Yep, Great flick.

[SAMWolf]

I remeber the Walt Disney movie and I read a book about it in Grammar school.

[SAMWolf]

Thanks WhiskeyPapa.

[ken5050]

Sure do....it was a great film..Fess Parker's first starring role....it was before Davey Crockett...back then, Disney made movies, not agendas...

[E.G.C.]

BTTT!!!!!

[SAMWolf]

I had these, I wonder what they'd be worth now.

[WhiskeyPapa]

JEFFERY HUNTER played Fuller! I didn't remember that. It wasn't long after that the he was the first captain of the Enterprise in the first Star Trek pilot.

Walt

[Jen]

I think Rummy and our generals read the book and followed Sun-Tzu's guidance.

[Jen]

Good morning! Thanks for the link to your blog. I look forward to reading it.

[Darksheare]

Fell in.
Currently using a 'cold pack'.
Garn I hate colds....

[Don W]

I don't remember the Disney version, but I have seen (several times) a silent film titled "The General" with (I believe) Buster Keaton. I always thought that it was a fictional tale, but now know better.

Wonderful story.

[Jen]

Hi Sam. Great thread!! I have to go to school today. Hope to be around tonight. Been sick this week, sorry for not hanging out much in the Foxhole. Feeling a little better today, but still tired.

[Jen]

Do you need a bandaid for your boo-boo? ;-)

[Jen]

Thanks for the bump. Good to see you!!

[Mudboy Slim]

Rummy and the Generals did even better than I expected, and I have an EXTREMELY high regard fer our Military!!

With such a showing, the Cubas and the North Koreas and even the Chinas of the world will be less likely to ruthlessly suppress their powerless minions when they demand a say in running their own countries, imho...MUD

[Darksheare]

Not really.
Unless there's something for a sneezed raw nose.
(Brain eraser! Mix equally one part Stolichnaya, one part Licorice Sambuka, and one part Peppermint Schnapps. In a 16 oz glass. Chug. Try not to visit the great porcelein god in the bathroom.)

Umm.. that's a bad idea.
I'm going to go get some caffeine instead.

Kinda neat about the Ohio volunteers.
Something's there in my memory about it, but at the moment the skull isn't co-operating.