...idly around a hill and passed out of sight. Mr. Lincoln inquired what was the name of that little engine. When told the name, alluding to the panic and terror at the time of John Brown's visit to Harper's Ferry , he said that, in honor of the Virginians of that day, it might well have been named The Skeered Virginian. He admired the horsemanship of Captain Whittlesey, and when some one said, That officer ...