Chasing an Iron Horse; Or, A Boy's Adventures in the Civil War

In the thunder‑lit woods of 1862, a small band of Union soldiers gathers around a grave‑spoken leader, plotting a perilous raid on a Confederate railway. The plan is bold: slip behind enemy lines, seize a locomotive, and blaze the tracks that feed Chattanooga’s defenses. Success could earn them glory; failure means a hanging as spies.

Into this charged scene bursts a teenage courier, George, and his spirited Yorkshire terrier, delivering a urgent dispatch from General Mitchell. The boy’s quick‑thinking and fearless arrival set the operation in motion, thrusting him from ordinary messenger to a pivotal player in a covert mission that could shift the war’s tide. As the storm rages and tensions rise, listeners are drawn into the youthful courage and daring ingenuity that mark the opening of an unforgettable Civil War adventure.