 along the way. There were other trains on the track that were not supposed to have been there, slowing them down considerably. By then, Confederate forces were in hot pursuit, but George and Philip and the rest of the raiders didn't quit. They kept going nearly for seven hours, destroying as much track as they could along the way and cutting as many telegraph wires as they could. They almost made it to Georgia, but about 15 miles from Chattanooga,