Also serving the communities of De Luz, Rainbow, Camp Pendleton, Pala and Pauma
Also serving the communities of De Luz, Rainbow, Camp Pendleton, Pala and Pauma
Fallbrook remembers William Pittenger
Reverend William Pittenger, a Civil War hero, was the minister of the Fallbrook Methodist-Episcopal Church in Fallbrook.
FALLBROOK – The best kept secret in Fallbrook just might be the Fallbrook Historical Society Heritage Center. The museum complex includes an 1895 farmhouse built by William Pittenger, a decorated Civil War hero who was one of six men awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor, the first time it was ever given in 1863.
Pittenger was one of a Union army band of spies called "Andrews Raiders." Their mission was to commandeer a confederate train named, "The General," behind enemy lines, and destroy bridges and telegraph wires to ruin the rebels' supply line to Chattanooga, Tennessee.
The Raiders wer...
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