Was surprised and excited to have received an email from the great grand daughter of my avatar Mr. Uriah Stephens. She's looking for any information we may have on Uriah and especially any photo. If anyone reading this has any leads please do leave a comment.
What we do know of Mr. Stephens is that he was the station agent at Kingston station on the fateful day that Andrews strolled confidently up to the station and asked Uriah for the switch key. The General needed to be on a siding to allow the southbound freight to pass through. He gave the story about being a powder train under special order en route to Beauregard and that the regular freight-passenger train would be along presently. Even though many had taken note of the strange train and crew, the raiders were not challenged. Andrews found that the southbound was delayed and the General was to wait, so they ran forward on to the northbound line and then backed on to the easternmost siding. There they waited, nervous and alert, but unmolested. The story continues...
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