Book ID: CBB454839209

Stealing the General: The Great Locomotive Chase and the First Medal of Honor (2007)

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Bonds, Russell S. (Author)


Westholme Publishing


Publication Date: 2007
Physical Details: xvii + 444 pp., illustrations, maps
Language: English

In April 1862, 20 Union soldiers crossed Confederate lines to steal a locomotive called the General and destroy a critical Confederate supply line. In the aftermath half the team was executed; the half that escaped received the newly established Medal of Honor. (Publisher)

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Review David C. Lester (Spring-Summer 2007) Review of "Stealing the General: The Great Locomotive Chase and the First Medal of Honor". Railroad History (p. 103). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Mingus, Scott L., Sr.
Gruber, John E.
Bright, David L.
Cooper H. Wingert
Pfeiffer, David A.
Brian Craig Miller
Concepts
Railroads
Land transportation
Technology
Economic history
Railroads, Military
Medicine and the military; medicine in war
Time Periods
19th century
20th century
Places
United States
Southern states (U.S.)
Middle Atlantic States
South Carolina (U.S.)
Virginia (U.S.)
Europe
Institutions
Union Pacific Railway Company
Georgia and Florida Railroad Co.
Philadelphia, Wilmington, and Baltimore Rail Road Company
Northern Central Railway Company
Confederate States of America. Patent Office
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
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