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Stealing the General : the great locomotive chase and the first Medal of Honor / Russell S. Bonds.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bonds, Russell S.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Chattanooga Railroad Expedition, 1862.
- General, The (Steam locomotive).
- Confederate States of America. Army--Transportation.
- Confederate States of America.
- Confederate States of America. Army.
- Transportation.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns.
- United States.
- History.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Transportation.
- Medal of Honor.
- Physical Description:
- 444 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Yardley, PA : Westholme, [2007]
- Summary:
- 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 description.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 423-434) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1594160333 :
- OCLC:
- 74658776
- Publisher Number:
- 9781594160332
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