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To: re_tail20

I remember reading something about this but why would a train robbery end the war? The article never explained that.


4 posted on 06/04/2017 5:39:25 PM PDT by cyclotic
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To: cyclotic

They were supposed to destroy tracks and trestles. That proved more difficult than they thought especially with Confederates pursuing them.


5 posted on 06/04/2017 5:45:14 PM PDT by yarddog (Romans 8:38-39, For I am persuaded.)
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To: cyclotic

Yes it did - if they had succeeded in destroying the railroad tracks, tunnels & bridges as they planned, the South would have lost all means to supply their troops in the north.

You must have missed that........


9 posted on 06/04/2017 7:03:26 PM PDT by Arlis
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