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City honors switch operater for role in Civil War chase

April 13, 2012 Todd DeFeo

The north Georgia city of Kingston on Thursday honored a former city resident for his role in the Great Locomotive Chase of 1862.

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The Andrews Raid: A Timeline of Events

April 12, 2012 Railfanning.org News Wire

KENNESAW, Ga. – April 12, 1862. It was the one-year anniversary of the start of the Civil War, and the morning passenger train – pulled by the locomotive General – arrived in town. A band of Union spies led by James J. Andrews, the men planned to steal the locomotive and then destroy the Western & Atlantic Railroad, a vital link between Atlanta and Chattanooga, Tenn., in the heart of the Confederacy. The Andrews Raid, also known as The Great Locomotive Chase, ultimately failed. More than an “astounding adventure,” the raid was near genius. Thursday marks the 150th anniversary of

Civil War Medal of Honor Donated to Kennesaw, Georgia, Museum

April 5, 2012 Railfanning.org News Wire

In a ceremony on Thursday, April 12, an Ohio family will donate a rare Civil War-era Congressional Medal of Honor to Kennesaw’s Southern Museum of Civil War & Locomotive History.

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150 years later, Andrews Raid still resonates

April 1, 2012 Todd DeFeo

Dozens of trains roar through Kennesaw every day. They speed past the historic 1908 train depot in the heart of town.

Southern Museum Gearing Up for Great Locomotive Chase Sesquicentennial

February 7, 2012 Railfanning.org News Wire

The Southern Museum of Civil War & Locomotive History is gearing up to celebrate the sesquicentennial of the Great Locomotive Chase, one of the Civil War’s most thrilling episodes.

Ringgold: End of the Line for the Andrews raiders

January 30, 2012 Todd DeFeo

On the afternoon of April 12, 1862, a group of union spies desperately drove a stolen locomotive northward. But, their tired engine, The General, was about to give out. About two miles north of Ringgold, the Great Locomotive Chase came to an end.

James J. Andrews found tranquility with looming death

April 5, 2011 Todd DeFeo

Sitting in a Chattanooga, Tenn., jail and faced with only hours left to live, James J. Andrews had a sense of tranquility.

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Bridge piers offer a link to Civil War

May 15, 2010 Todd DeFeo

In order to complete the Western & Atlantic Railroad, engineers had to overcome a number of natural obstacles. That resulted in a 1,447-foot-long tunnel through Chetoogeta Mountain and a bridge over the Etowah River south of Cartersville.

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Marking the anniversary of the Andrews Raid

April 12, 2010 Railfanning.org

North Georgia saw its fair share of battles during the Civil War, but “the most extraordinary and astounding adventure of the war,” as one Civil War-era newspaper put it, typically doesn’t garner more than a few words in most history books.

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Retracing Fess Parker’s steps in Georgia

March 18, 2010 Railfanning.org

Fess Parker, a long-time actor known for portraying famous historical figures turned California winemaker, died today. He was 85.

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