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William Pittenger
1840–1904
A Civil War veteran, minister, and writer, he became best known for telling the dramatic true story of the Andrews Raid. His books blend lived experience, religious work, and a strong eye for memorable historical detail.
7 Audiobooks
Famous Adventures and Prison Escapes of the Civil War
by Basil Wilson Duke, Thomas Henry Hines, Frank E. Moran, William Pittenger, A. E. (Adolphus Edwards) Richards, W. H. (William Henry) Shelton, Orlando B. Willcox, John Taylor Wood
Capturing a Locomotive: A History of Secret Service in the Late War.
by William Pittenger
Daring and Suffering: A History of the Great Railroad Adventure
by William Pittenger
How to Become a Public Speaker
by William Pittenger
Extempore Speech: How to Acquire and Practice It
by William Pittenger
Toasts and Forms of Public Address for Those Who Wish to Say the Right Thing in the Right Way
by William Pittenger
Oratory Sacred and Secular; Or, The Extemporaneous Speaker
by William Pittenger
About the author
Born in 1840, William Pittenger served as a Union soldier during the American Civil War and took part in the Andrews Raid, a famous mission behind Confederate lines. He later wrote about that experience in the book Daring and Suffering, which helped preserve the story for later generations.
After the war, he became a Methodist minister and continued writing. His career joined public speaking, religious work, and authorship, and his firsthand connection to a major wartime episode gave his historical writing a special immediacy.
He died in 1904. Today he is remembered both for his service and for the way his writing kept an extraordinary Civil War adventure alive in print.