Capturing a locomotive.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pittenger, William, 1840-1904.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Chattanooga Railroad Expedition, 1862.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (369 p.)

Place of Publication:

Scituate, Mass. : Digital Scanning, 2000.

Language Note:

English

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.

Contents:

Intro

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.

Notes:

First edition, 1863, and the editions of 1864 and 1887 appeared under title "Daring and suffering"; later editions have title: The great locomotive chase.

Originally published: Capturing a locomotive: a history of secret service in the late war. Washington: The National Tribune, 1885.

ISBN:

1-58218-214-0

OCLC:

80501032