Capturing a Locomotive

A general plunges into a Tennessee stream—and, standing in two feet of water, keeps shouting, “Heave, O! heave, O!”

It is March 1862, and Union soldiers are rebuilding a bridge on Stone River while General O. M. Mitchel drives them toward a campaign in the South. William Pittenger watches the work, amused by Mitchel’s restless zeal, until a company captain hints at a secret mission: several of the regiment’s best men have vanished, and Mr. Andrews is leading an attempt to seize a Confederate train. With enemy lines ahead and his young cousin among the missing, Pittenger wants to know what they have undertaken—and whether he can join them. Can a handful of soldiers reach the train before the secret is discovered?

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