'Daring and Suffering' A History of the Great Railroad Adventure [Illustrated]

The Great Railroad Adventure - a True Tale from the American Civil War

The true story of a group of infiltrators from the Union Army set off on a mission to disrupt the South's railway system. Taking a steam engine these commandos dressed as civilians and set off to burn bridges and pull up the railways of the confederacy.

This is the true story behind Buster Keaton's 1927 movie "The General".