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

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

Capturing a Locomotive: A History of Secret Service in the Late War.War has a secret as well...
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Author: Pittenger, William,1840-1904
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Language: English
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Capturing a Locomotive: A History of Secret Service in the Late War

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

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

$19.99 $9.99
Author: Pittenger, William,1840-1904
Format: eBook
Language: English

Capturing a Locomotive: A History of Secret Service in the Late War.

War has a secret as well as a public story. Marches and battles are open to the popular gaze; but enterprises of another class are 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 reach beyond the lines of an army for the purpose of surprise, 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 historian's page, though they are often of romantic interest, and not unfrequently decide the course and fate of armies. The enterprise described in these pages possesses all the unity of a drama, from the first plunge of the actors into the heart of the enemy's 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 combines so many of the hidden, underground elements of the contest against rebellion as this. Disguise and secrecy, the perils of a forlorn hope, the exultation of almost miraculous success, the sufferings of prisoners, and the gloom of despair are all mingled in a varied and instructive war-picture.[6] In telling the story all fictitious embellishments have been rejected. No pains have been spared to ascertain the exact truth, and the reader will find names, dates, and localities so fully given that it will be easy to verify the prominent features of the account. In narrating those events which fell under his own eye, the writer has waived all scruples of delicacy, and used the first personal pronoun. This is far more simple and direct, while an opposite course would have savored of affectation. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 36752
Author: Pittenger, William
Release Date: Jul 17, 2011
Format: eBook
Language: English

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