Andrews Raid on the Western and Atlantic
April 12, 1862, Big Shanty to near Ringgold, Georgia.
- Date
- April 12, 1862
- Where
- Big Shanty to near Ringgold, Georgia
- What happened
- Other
- Event
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Union volunteers led by James J. Andrews seized the locomotive General and ran north toward Chattanooga, trying to wreck the line behind them. Confederates chased them for 87 miles and captured the raiders, and the railroad stayed open.
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