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The General Locomotive and Andrews Raid Remembered
The article recounts the 1862 Andrews Raid on the Western and Atlantic line from Atlanta to Chattanooga. Union raiders seized the locomotive General and three boxcars, aiming to destroy bridges but the plan failed as water and wood ran out. Pursued by William Fuller, the raiders escaped into the woods. seven were executed in Atlanta, others imprisoned. The General endured, later exhibited and preserved at Louisville Railway Museum, with a Civil War Centennial rerun drawing thousands.
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Hier
Andrews
Atlantic
Atlanta
Chattanooga
James J. Andrews
Big Shanty
William Fuller
Tennessee Line
Louisville
Iron Horse