Selected by Civil War Interactive as One of the Top Civil War Books of All Time"The definitive book about the Great Locomotive Chase."—Charlotte Observer"Magnificent and definitive."—Wall Street Journ
On April 12, 1862—one year to the day after Confederate guns opened on Fort Sumter and started the Civil War—a tall, mysterious smuggler and self-appointed Union spy named James J. Andrews and ninetee
Describes an operation in April, 1862, in which twenty Union soldiers crossed Confederate lines to steal a locomotive called the General in order to destroy a critical Confederate supply line.
Describes an operation in April, 1862, in which twenty Union soldiers crossed Confederate lines to steal a locomotive called the General in order to destroy a critical Confederate supply line.
A collection of ten new essays from some of our finest Civil War historians working today, Gateway to the Confederacy offers a reexamination of the campaigns fought to gain possession of Chattanooga,
