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E. Jefferson Cain
Engineer
Biography
Jeff Cain (April 1827-February 10, 1897) was an engineer with the Western & Atlantic Railroad. A Pennsylvania native, he moved to Atlanta in 1857.
He was at the throttle of the General locomotive on April 12, 1862, when Union spies stole it in Big Shanty (Kennesaw), Georgia.
He and others pursued the locomotive from Big Shanty. Often described as “tubercular,” he participated in the raid until the pursuers abandoned the William R. Smith north of Kingston.
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Jeff Cain (April 1827-February 10, 1897) was an engineer with the Western & Atlantic Railroad. A Pennsylvania native, he moved to Atlanta in 1857.
He was at the throttle of the General locomotive on April 12, 1862, when Union spies stole it in Big Shanty (Kennesaw), Georgia.
He and others pursued the locomotive from Big Shanty. Often described as “tubercular,” he participated in the raid until the pursuers abandoned the William R. Smith north of Kingston.
John Cain
Conductor
Biography
John Cain, a native of Clarksville, Tennessee, was appointed conductor on the Memphis, Clarksville & Louisville Railroad after its completion.
After the Civil War, Cain went to work on the Louisville & Nashville and the Memphis & Tennessee railroads. He moved to Arkansas in the late 1870s.
He was killed during a March 1883 train robbery on the Little Rock & Fort Smith Railroad, where he worked as a conductor.
J. J. Callahan
Machinist
Biography
J.J. Callahan joined the Western and Atlantic Railroad circa 1869.