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The General locomotive raid at Kennesaw and Chattanooga
The 1862 Andrews Raiders seized a wood burning locomotive called the General. pursuit by Confederates failed near Ringgold as the engine ran low on fuel. Andrews was hanged, others captured. The General later became a famed monument in Chattanooga before a later seizure during a civil ceremony.
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James J. Andrews
Texas
Ringgold
Chattanooga
Ghattarooga
Georgia Goodox