File:DoV1-018 - Mitchel Raid.jpg

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Description The Mitchel Raiders set a train car on fire in an attempt to set a covered railway bridge ablaze and thwart pursuit, from Deeds of valor; how America's heroes won the Medal of Honor, published in 1901. The event is referred to now as the Great Locomotive Chase, but Deeds of Valor refers to it as "The Mitchell (sic) Raid".
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Source Cropped version of illustration that appears on page 18 of Deeds of valor, downloaded from https://archive.org/details/deedsofvalorhow01beyerich
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19:30, 25 February 2008Thumbnail for version as of 19:30, 25 February 20082,357 × 1,867 (743 KB)BrokenSphere (talk | contribs){{Information |Description=The Mitchel Raiders set a train car on fire in an attempt to set a covered railway bridge ablaze and thwart pursuit, from ''Deeds of valor; how America's heroes won the Medal of Honor'', published in 1901. The event is referred

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