From the Richmond Enquirer, 10/23/1862, p. 1, c. 7

THE “HERO,” a splendid locomotive, drawn, together with the “Job Terry,” by the Central Railroad Company, from among the number recently captured at Manassas, arrived on yesterday. The “Hero” is one of the finest locomotives belonging to the “United States Military Railroads.” Her diameter of cylinder is sixteen inches, stroke twenty-four inches, and diameter of drivers four feet six inches.

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