Category: History: U.S.: 19th Century
Copyright/published Year: 2006 by Westholme
ISBN: 1594160333
Binding: Hardcover
Description:
On April 12, 1862-one year to the day after Confederate guns ì
opened on Fort Sumter and started the Civil War-a tall, ì
mysterious smuggler and self-appointed Union spy named James J. ì
Andrews and nineteen infantry volunteers infiltrated north ì
Georgia and stole a steam engine called the General. Racing ì
northward at speeds approaching sixty miles an hour, cutting ì
telegraph lines and destroying track along the way, Andrews ì
planned to open East Tennessee to the Union army, cutting off men ì
and matériel from the Confederate forces in Virginia. If they ì
succeeded, Andrews and his raiders could change the course of the ì
war. But the General's young conductor, William A. Fuller, chased ì
the stolen train first on foot, then by handcar, and finally ì
aboard another engine, the Texas. He pursued the General until, ì
running out of wood and water, Andrews and his men abandoned the ì
doomed locomotive, ending the adventure that would soon be famous ì
as The Great Locomotive Chase. But the ordeal of the soldiers ì
involved was just beginning. In the days that followed, the ì
"engine thieves" were hunted down and captured. Eight were tried ì
and executed as spies, including Andrews. Eight others made a ì
daring escape to freedom, including two assisted by a network of ì
slaves and Union sympathizers. For their actions, before a ì
personal audience with President Abraham Lincoln, six of the ì
raiders became the first men in American history to be awarded ì
the Medal of Honor-the nation's highest decoration for ì
gallantry.
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