Capturing a locomotive. : a history of secret service in the late war /

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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 d...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Pittenger, William, 1840-1904
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Scituate, Mass. : Digital Scanning, 2000.
Temas:
1862
Chattanooga Railroad Expedition, 1862.
Expédition du Chattanooga Railroad, 1862.
HISTORY > United States > Civil War Period (1850-1877)
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • A RAILROAD CHASE
  • CAPTURING A LOCOMOTIVE
  • DEDICATION
  • NAMES OF THE ADVENTURERS
  • PREFACE
  • CONTENTS
  • CHAPTER I.
  • A SECRET MILITARY EXPEDITION.
  • CHAPTER II.
  • MIDNIGHT CONSULTATION.
  • CHAPTER III.
  • COMPANIONS AND INCIDENTS.
  • CHAPTER IV.
  • A LOCOMOTIVE AND TRAIN CAPTURED.
  • CHAPTER V.
  • UNFORESEEN HINDRANCES.
  • CHAPTER VI.
  • A TERRIBLE RAILROAD CHASE.
  • CHAPTER VII.
  • A NIGHT IN THE WOODS.
  • CHAPTER VIII.
  • IN THE ENEMY'S POWER.
  • CHAPTER IX.
  • OTHER CAPTURES.
  • CHAPTER X.
  • A HORRIBLE PRISON.
  • CHAPTER XI.
  • LIGHTS AND SHADOWS OF PRISON.
  • CHAPTER XII.
  • THE FIRST TRAGEDY.
  • CHAPTER XIII.
  • A CONFEDERATE COURT-MARTIAL.
  • CHAPTER XIV.
  • THE CROWNING HORROR.
  • CHAPTER XV.
  • PRISON RELIGION.
  • CHAPTER XVI.
  • LIBERTY OR DEATH?
  • CHAPTER XVII.
  • ROMANTIC ESCAPES.
  • CHAPTER XVIII.
  • FROM ATLANTA TO THE GULF.
  • CHAPTER XIX.
  • FROM ATLANTA TO RICHMOND.
  • CHAPTER XX.
  • LIBBY AND CASTLE THUNDER.
  • CHAPTER XXI.
  • SICKNESS AND LIBERTY.
  • APPENDIX.
  • NO. I.
  • EXTRACTS FROM THE REPORT OF JUDGE-ADVOCATE-
  • GENERAL HOLT TO THE SECRETARY OF WAR.
  • NO. II.
  • A SOUTHERN ESTIMATE.
  • NO. III.
  • A FRENCHMAN'S VIEW OF THE CHATTANOOGA RAILROAD EXPEDITION.
  • NO. IV.
  • OLD SCENES REVISITED.
  • ILLUSTRATIONS
  • THE CHASE
  • GENERAL O.M. MITCHEL
  • MIDNIGHT CONSULTATION
  • WILLIAM PITTENGER
  • MAP OF CHATTANOOGA AND ITS RAILROAD
  • CAPTURE OF A TRAIN
  • WILLIAM A. FULLER
  • D.A. DORSEY
  • A TERRIBLE DESCENT
  • LIBERTY OR DEATH!
  • W.W. BROWN
  • DORSEY AND HAWKINS IN THE CUMBERLAND
  • SAVED AT SEA.

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