Daring and Suffering: A History of the Great Railroad Adventure
Written a year after the events, this is an eyewitness account of the Great Locomotive Chase of 1862. Early in the American Civil War, in April 1862, Union volunteers led by a civilian, James J. Andrews, conducted a military mission to damage as much of the Western and Atlantic Railroad as possible. The aim was to sabotage the Confederate army. The Union raiders commandeered a train, The General, in Big Shanty, Georgia. Confederate forces quickly gave chase, both on foot and by locomotive. The result of the military raid and its aftermath are detailed in this book. - Summary by Elsie Selwyn
Genre(s): War & Military
Language: English
| Section | Chapter | Reader | Time |
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| Play 00 | Preface and Introduction | Elsie Selwyn |
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| Play 01 | Chapter 1 | Elsie Selwyn |
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| Play 02 | Chapter 2 | Elsie Selwyn |
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| Play 03 | Chapter 3 | Elsie Selwyn |
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| Play 04 | Chapter 4 | Elsie Selwyn |
00:11:51 |
| Play 05 | Chapter 5 | Elsie Selwyn |
00:24:45 |
| Play 06 | Chapter 6 | Elsie Selwyn |
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| Play 07 | Chapter 7 | Elsie Selwyn |
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| Play 08 | Chapter 8 | Elsie Selwyn |
00:24:18 |
| Play 09 | Chapter 9 | Elsie Selwyn |
00:27:09 |
| Play 10 | Chapter 10 | Elsie Selwyn |
00:14:48 |
| Play 11 | Chapter 11 | Elsie Selwyn |
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| Play 12 | Chapter 12 | Elsie Selwyn |
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| Play 13 | Chapter 13 | Elsie Selwyn |
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| Play 14 | Chapter 14 | Elsie Selwyn |
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| Play 15 | Chapter 15 | Elsie Selwyn |
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| Play 16 | Chapter 16 | Elsie Selwyn |
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