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STORY OF THE
LOCOMOTIVE "CENERAL"
OAPT JAS.J.ANDREWS,WITH TWENTY VOLUNTEERS FROM SILL'S BRIGADE, MITCHELL'S CORPS,U.S.A.,ANDACITIZEN OF KENTUCKY.
ALL DRESBED AS CIVILIANS, CAPTURED THE "QENERAL" AT BIG SHANTY, APRIL 12,1862, WHILE THE TRAIN CREW AND PASS
ENGERS WERE TAKING BREAKFAST. THE PURPOSE OF THE CAPTURE WAB TO DESTROY THE BRIDBE6 ON THE WESTERN &
CONDUCTOR W.A.FULLER
ATLANTIC R.R., AND THEREBY CUT OFF THE CONFEDERATE ARMY FROM ITS BABE OF SUPPLIES.
ACCOMPANIED BY ENGINEER JEFF CAIN AND ANTHONY MURPHY, FOREMAN OF THE W&A.SHOPS, COMMENCED PURSUIT ON FOOT.
THEY S0ON BECURED A HAND CAR AND, IN BPITE OF THE OBBTRUCTIONB PLACED ON THE TRACK BY ANDREWS BAIDERS,
MADE RAPID PROBRESS. THEY FOUND THE ENGINE "YONAN" AT ETOWAH, AND THE PURBUIT THEN WAS AT SUCH A RAPID
PACE, THAT SERIOUS DAMAGE TO THE RAILROAD BY THE RAIDERS WAS IMPOBSIBLE. THE "CENERAL" WAS ABANDONED
BY THE RAIDERS ON ACCOUNT OF LACK OF FUEL, AND THE CLOSE PURBUIT OF CONDUCTOR FULLER AND HIS PARTY.
JNO. A.WILBON Co.C..21.OHI0 VOL.INF. WM.PITTENGER, Co.C.2.0HIO VOL.INF.
JAS.J.ANDREWS, FLEMINGBBURe,Kv.
Co. C.,
Co.C.
Co.F.,
Oo. E.,
Co.H.,33
MARTIN HAWKING, Co.A.,
JACOB PARROTT, Co.K.33"
WM.H.REDDICK, Co.B..
ROB.BUFFUN
WM.BENSINGER, Co.C.,
E.H.MASON,
M.A.Ross,
C.D.WILSON,
C.P.SHADRACH, Co.K.
J.M.SCOTT,
S.SLAVENS.
2 OHIO VOL.INF. MARK WOOD,
J.R.PORTER,
W.W.BROWN,
Co.B.,
Co.H.21"
Co.F 21.
Co.E.33
WM.KNIGHT,
D.A.DORBEY,
Co.K.
WERE EXCHANGED FROM LIBBY PRISON
S.ROBERTSON, Co C.
W.H.CAMPBELL, CITIZEN OF KENTUCKY. JOHN WOLLAM, Co.C.
WERE EXECUTED IN ATLANTA AS SPIES, E6CAPED FROM PRIBON AND REACHED THE UNION LINES.
PROMIKENT AMONG THE PURSUERS WERE. ......SMITH, STEVE STOKELY, PETER BRACKEN, F.Cox.,A.MARTIN, H.HANEY.
GENERAL
W.a A.R.R.
1-V-2
The"General“ Made Famous By Andrews RaiderslInTheCivil War-Chatranooga, Ten.
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