The Great Locomotive Chase

Everything Everywhere Daily

Gary Arndt | Glassbox Media

History, Education

4.8 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 21 June 2025

⏱️ 15 minutes

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On April 12, 1862, one of the most daring and audacious events of the American Civil War took place. It wasn’t a major battle. It didn’t involve armies meeting each other on the field of battle. Instead, it was one of the first examples in military history of a raid designed to deny the enemy access to the most vital 19th-century technology: the railroad. Learn more about the Great Locomotive Chase and how railroads became a strategic war objective on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. ***5th Anniversary Celebration RSVP*** Sponsors Newspapers.com Get 20% off your subscription to Newspapers.com Mint Mobile Cut your wireless bill to 15 bucks a month at mintmobile.com/eed Quince Go to quince.com/daily for 365-day returns, plus free shipping on your order! Stitch Fix Go to stitchfix.com/everywhere to have a stylist help you look your best Stash Go to get.stash.com/EVERYTHING to see how you can receive $25 towards your first stock purchase and to view important disclosures. Subscribe to the podcast! https://everything-everywhere.com/everything-everywhere-daily-podcast/ -------------------------------- Executive Producer: Charles Daniel Associate Producers: Austin Oetken & Cameron Kieffer Become a supporter on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingeverywhere Update your podcast app at newpodcastapps.com Discord Server: https://discord.gg/UkRUJFh Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/everythingeverywhere/ Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/everythingeverywheredaily Twitter: https://twitter.com/everywheretrip Website: https://everything-everywhere.com/ Disce aliquid novi cotidie Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	On April 12, 1862, one of the most daring and audacious events of the American Civil War took place.
0:06.1	It wasn't a major battle. It didn't involve armies lining up across each other on an open field.
0:12.1	Instead, it was one of the first examples in military history of a raid designed to deny the enemy access to the most vital technology of the 19th century.
0:21.4	The Railroad.
0:22.9	Learn more about the great locomotive chase and how railroads became a strategic war objective
0:27.5	on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. On June 25th, Ironheart arrives on Disney Plus.
0:46.1	What is going all with you?
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0:53.9	Don't miss the sixth episode of Vand.
0:55.8	I joined a crew of criminals,
0:57.5	and now I'm about to get killed
0:59.1	by a deranged man in a cake.
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