Capturing a Locomotive : A History of Secret Service in the Late War

by Pittenger, William

• ISBN13: 9781582182162
• ISBN10: 1582182167
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-12-01
• Publisher: Lightning Source Inc

Summary

Unlike other books from this time period dealing with historical aspects of the Civil War, Capturing a Locomotive focuses not only on the well known battles but rather portrays the personal accounts of the Union soldiers who carried out the mission into Confederate territory. The story details the dangerous capture of a railway train, the exciting chase that ensues and the final outcome of this group of brave men. Survivors of this mission were the first soldiers with the rank of Private to be awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor. No single story of the Civil War combines so many of the hidden underground elements that are rarely brought to the surface through traditional analysis of tactical warfare.

Table of Contents

A Secret Military Expedition	p. 9
Midnight Consultation	p. 27
Companions and Incidents	p. 36
A Locomotive and Train Captured	p. 65
Unforseen Hindrances	p. 75
A Terrible Railroad Chase	p. 93
A Night in the Woods	p. 120
In the Enemy's Power	p. 136
Other Capture's	p. 153
A Horrible Prison	p. 170
Lights and Shadows of Prison	p. 182
The First Tragedy	p. 197
A Confederate Court-Martial	p. 205
The Crowning Horror	p. 221
Prison Religion	p. 228
Liberty or Death?	p. 244
Romantic Escapes	p. 262
From Atlanta to the Gulf	p. 274
From Atlanta to Richmond	p. 293
Libby and Castle Thunder	p. 308
Sickness and Liberty	p. 326
Appendix
Extracts from the Report of Judge-Ad Vocate-General Holt to the Secretary of War	p. 341
A Southern Estimate	p. 346
A Frenchman's View of the Chattanooga Railroad Expedition	p. 350
Old Scenes Revisited	p. 352
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