Dan Lee has degrees in history from Murray State University and Western Kentucky University. He lives in Hardin County, Kentucky.

“Lee provides an accurate history of the railroad...well written and easy to read”—Civil War News; “discusses the profiteering actions of the L&N’s owner, Lee Guthrie, and his ties to the Lincoln administration that led to lucrative contracts and special concessions...question[s] the relative weights of patriotism and capitalist greed in some sectors of the war effort”—Reference & Research Book News; “an excellent summary of the importance of railroads during the Civil War...well written”—newmarketbattle.blogspot.com.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgments      Preface      Introduction      1. The Journey Begins, 1850–1860      2. The End of Peace, 1860–1861      3. The Federals Advance      4. The First Drops of Blood Are Drawn      5. The Stalemate Is Broken      6. On to Nashville      7. The Year of the Thunderbolt      8. Confederate Kentucky?      9. Destination Louisville      10. Return of the Thunderbolt      11. Guerrillas and the Great Raid      12. A World without Morgan      13. The Uneasy Interlude, 1864      14. Hell Boils Over      15. The Last Guerrilla      Afterword      Chapter Notes      Bibliography      Index

Dan Lee has degrees in history from Murray State University and Western Kentucky University. He lives in Hardin County, Kentucky.

“Lee provides an accurate history of the railroad...well written and easy to read”—Civil War News; “discusses the profiteering actions of the L&N’s owner, Lee Guthrie, and his ties to the Lincoln administration that led to lucrative contracts and special concessions...question[s] the relative weights of patriotism and capitalist greed in some sectors of the war effort”—Reference & Research Book News; “an excellent summary of the importance of railroads during the Civil War...well written”—newmarketbattle.blogspot.com.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgments      Preface      Introduction      1. The Journey Begins, 1850–1860      2. The End of Peace, 1860–1861      3. The Federals Advance      4. The First Drops of Blood Are Drawn      5. The Stalemate Is Broken      6. On to Nashville      7. The Year of the Thunderbolt      8. Confederate Kentucky?      9. Destination Louisville      10. Return of the Thunderbolt      11. Guerrillas and the Great Raid      12. A World without Morgan      13. The Uneasy Interlude, 1864      14. Hell Boils Over      15. The Last Guerrilla      Afterword      Chapter Notes      Bibliography      Index

Dan Lee has degrees in history from Murray State University and Western Kentucky University. He lives in Hardin County, Kentucky.

“Lee provides an accurate history of the railroad...well written and easy to read”—Civil War News; “discusses the profiteering actions of the L&N’s owner, Lee Guthrie, and his ties to the Lincoln administration that led to lucrative contracts and special concessions...question[s] the relative weights of patriotism and capitalist greed in some sectors of the war effort”—Reference & Research Book News; “an excellent summary of the importance of railroads during the Civil War...well written”—newmarketbattle.blogspot.com.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgments      Preface      Introduction      1. The Journey Begins, 1850–1860      2. The End of Peace, 1860–1861      3. The Federals Advance      4. The First Drops of Blood Are Drawn      5. The Stalemate Is Broken      6. On to Nashville      7. The Year of the Thunderbolt      8. Confederate Kentucky?      9. Destination Louisville      10. Return of the Thunderbolt      11. Guerrillas and the Great Raid      12. A World without Morgan      13. The Uneasy Interlude, 1864      14. Hell Boils Over      15. The Last Guerrilla      Afterword      Chapter Notes      Bibliography      Index