locomotive-stealers

Updated: July 9, 2025

Here they halted. The hiders under the pine bush could hear one of the officers say: "The infantry will soon be here to relieve us." "We've had a great time to-night," growled another officer. "These Yankees, not content with troubling us on the battle-field, must even stir things up when they are prisoners." "I don't wonder those locomotive-stealers wanted to escape," laughed the first officer.

Edward Robins - Chasing an Iron Horse: Or, A Boy's Adventures in the Civil War