The Famous War Engine "General" of the Western & Atlantic R. R. Now on Permanent Exhibition in Union Depot, Chattanooga, Tenn.

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• PUBLISHER: Published by the Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway.

• MEDIUM: Chromolithograph,

  DATE: Undated, c.1900.

• EDITION SIZE: Image size 12 x 19" (305 x 481 mm).

• DESCRIPTION: In small print below the title is the following: "The 'General' was captured at Big Shanty (now Kennesaw), Ga. April 12, 1862, by the 'Andrews' Raiders', and recaptured near Ringgold, Ga., by W.A. Fuller, Conductor, and Anthony Murphy, Shop Foreman for the Railroad Company, assisted by Confederates and others, after an exciting chase of about ninety miles.” Twenty disguised Union soldiers under the command of J.J. Andrews captured the engine with the intent run down the line and destroy bridges thus severely damaging the supply lines for Confederate forces. The conductor of the train, W.A. Fuller, and shop foreman Anthony Murphy quickly organized a pursuit using a hand car and three other engines. With the pursuit on, Captain Andrews had no time to damage any bridges and after the pursuit, surrendered near the Georgia - Tennessee border. In 1906 the last reunion of participants of this event took place in Chattanooga.

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• CONDITION: Good condition and color.

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• CATEGORIES: 18th-19th Century Subjects , Locomotives & Railroads