‘Freedom, unity’: Biden bestows Medal of Honor on Civil War heroes who stole train in Confederate territory
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The Civil War heroes stole a locomotive deep in Confederate territory and drove it north for 87 miles as they destroyed railroad tracks and telegraph lines.