They commandeered a train in what became known as the 'Great Locomotive Chase.'
Two Union soldiers who 162 years ago took part in one of America's first special operations will be posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor on Wednesday.
The Union soldiers -- acting as spies in civilian clothing -- managed to penetrate 200 miles into Confederate territory, where they commandeered a train -- "The General" -- and drove it 87 miles from Georgia to Tennessee. Because of what historians attribute to an oversight, Wilson and Shadrach never received the award posthumously.
At the outset of the Biden Administration, two former generals -- one a four-star -- joined Shadrach and Quinlon's efforts. "We can't really comprehend what they went through," the Ohio native said, a bout of imprisonment that including lashing and torture.
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