Capturing a Locomotive: A History of Secret Service in the Late War - Couverture souple

Pittenger, William

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1582182159 ISBN 13 : 9781582182155

Editeur : Digital Scanning,US, 2000

Synopsis

The story details the capture of a railway train deep inside Confederate territory, the exciting chase that ensues and the final outcome for this group of brave Union 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. This story contains all of the adventure to keep the reader enthralled, and its details are completely accurate. Names, dates, and localities are so explicate throughout the work that it is easy to verify the prominent features of the account. Although based on the original 1881 story, Daring and Suffering, this novel holds greater historical value by means of a new approach and broader view of the events.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

War lias a secret as well as a public story. Mai!hea aiul battles are open to the popular gaze; but enterprises of another class arc in their very nature secret, .and these are scarcely less important and often much .more interesting than the former. The work of spies and scouts, the enterprises that roach beyond the lines of Fan army for the purpose of sur)ri.se, the councils of officers, the intrigues by means of which great results often flow from apparently insignificant causes, and all the experiences of hospitals and prisons, these usually fill but a small place on the historians page, though they are often of romantic interest, and not unfroquently deIcide the course and fate of armies. The enterprise de scribed in these pages possesses all the unity of a drama, from the first plunge of the actors into the heart of the enemys country, through all their adventures and changing fortunes, until the few survivors stood once more under the old flag! No single story of the war I combines so many of the hidden, underground elements of the contest against rebellion as this. Disguise and Becrecy, the perils of a forlorn ho)e, the exultation of almost miraculous success, the suilerings of prisoners, and tlie gloom of despair are all mingled in a varied Land instructive war-picture.
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Présentation de l'éditeur

One of the most thrilling and unusual missions in the American Civil War is told in detail in the account by William Pittenger, one of the participants. The mission? To disrupt rail communications in the Confederacy. And along the way...steal a locomotive. This fast-paced, well-written story is a true as the good (later) Reverend Pittenger could write it. The tale needed no embellishment because the facts alone are incredible. Later captured, sentenced to die, and held in appalling conditions in Confederate prisons, Pittenger also relates the story of his and his comrades' survival, escape, and eventual repatriation.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Digital Scanning,US
• Date d'édition: 2000
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1582182159
• ISBN 13: 9781582182155
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 384
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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