Hell on Wheels 1x08 Derailed

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4.25/5 (4 votes)

First Aired: Jan. 01, 2012 on AMC

Summary: Durant dispatches Cullen and Elam on a mission of vengeance. Lily struggles to find her place in Hell on Wheels.

Main Characters in this Episode

Thomas 'Doc' Durant	played by Colm Meaney
Reverend Cole	played by Tom Noonan
Joseph Black Moon	played by Eddie Spears
Sean McGinnes	played by Ben Esler
Mickey McGinnes	played by Phil Burke (II)
Pawnee Killer	played by Gerald Auger
Choate	played by Colin A. Campbell
The Swede	played by Christopher Heyerdahl

Bohannon and Lt. Griggs between them provide a fairly accurate account of the fight for Burnside Bridge during the Battle of Antietam (or Sharpsburg, as Confederates like Bohannon chose to call it). However it is unlikely that Bohannon would have been there to witness the fight since the bridge was defended by two regiments of Georgia infantry and Bohannon is from Mississippi. There were a number of Mississippi regiments at Antietam but all were engaged on the Confederate left, approximately one to two miles north of Burnside Bridge.