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By Rob Sherwood
Special to the Rappahannock News
In the summer of 1861, just after the outbreak of the Civil War, Southern forces led by then Brigadier General Thomas J. ’Stonewall" Jackson executed an unrivalled feat of warfare: the appropriation of locomotives and railroad cars from the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad that were then transported by road 125 south to Staunton where they became Southern trains of the Virginia Central Railroad.
Just how this daring exploit was planned, led, and accomplished is the subject of an upcoming lecture at the Blue Ridge Civil War Round Table, on Jan. 15, at the Rappahannock County Library, from 7:30 to 9 p.m.
In its fourth year, the Round Table sponsors monthly lectures and tours on Civil War history. The lectures are free and open to everyone; in fact the Round Table is encouraging new community members who are interested to attend.
Longtime Civil War lecturer and author Arthur Candenquist will be giving the lecture, the subject of which he published as an essay entitled The Great Train Robbery, or the Confed
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