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Stealing the General

The Great Locomotive Chase and the First Medal of Honor

Russell Bonds

Stealing the General

Stealing the General

The Great Locomotive Chase and the First Medal of Honor

Stealing the General

 

In April 1862, twenty Union soldiers crossed Confederate lines to destroy a critical Confederate supply line and steal a locomotive called the General, only half the team escaped and received the newly established Medal of Honor

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Beschrijving Stealing the General

If Andrews' plan had worked, it could have dramatically altered the course of the war, but the General's young conductor had other ideas. Out of the group of twenty volunteers, six of the survivors were awarded the very first American Medal of Honour by Abraham Lincoln. This book gives an account of this momentous episode in American history.

ISBN
9781594160332
Pagina's
352
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NUR
680
Druk
1
Uitvoering
Hardback
Taal
Engels
Uitgever
Westholme Publishing, U.S.

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