The Great Locomotive Chase: The Andrew's Raid 1862. Gordon L. Rottman
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ISBN: 9781846034008 | 64 pages | 2 Mb
The Great Locomotive Chase: The Andrew's Raid 1862 Gordon L. Rottman
Publisher: Osprey Publishing, Limited
Mar 8, 2012 - He based it on The Great Locomotive Chase by William Pittenger. Apr 22, 2012 - Other minor details, such as the date of his enlistment, the fact that he was not in command of the Crook raid, or that he never commanded the 62nd Virginia can be explained away by faulty memory, poor editor, or both. Oct 31, 2013 - Although a military failure, the story of Andrew's Raid became known to American history as"The Great Locomotive Chase. Aug 17, 2009 - There is the Andrews' Raiders Monument, commemorating the participants of the 1862 Andrews' Raid, immortalized in “The Great Locomotive Chase”. The Andrews Raid, as it was also known, started at Marietta, Georgia and lasted nearly 91 miles until the train crew was able to catch the locomotive near Ringgold. Mitchel led a division in the Army of the Ohio until July 1862. What cannot be explained away so readily is the absence to any mention of Woodson's service from the end of his enlistment with Price's force until his capture in the Fall of 1862. It all began in April of 1862 when disguised Union soldiers stole the General, a Western & Atlantic 4-4-0 American steam locomotive, in an attempt to destroy Confederate supply lines. Oct 30, 2011 - Although the plan failed and Andrew was captured and hanged the raid become known as “The Great Locomotive Chase”. Apr 6, 2009 - Perhaps the most famous railroading event to take place during the Civil War was the Great Locomotive Chase, as it came to be known. James Andrews and a group of Yankee volunteers hijacked the General at Big Shanty in April, 1862. Keaton used 500 Ohio National Guardsmen for the battle scene and even had them switch uniforms HISTORICAL ACCURACY: The movie is actually fairly accurate in depicting the famous Andrews Raid in the Civil War.
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