In Atlanta, the captured Union raiders from the failed attack on the Georgia rail system stage a mass escape

Most of those who volunteered to aid James J. Andrews in his daring assault on the Georgia railroads were soldiers from Ohio Regiments. Andrews and seven others had been executed in June 1862.  The remaining fourteen prisoners attempted a mass breakout from the county prison in Atlanta.  Eight men from the 21st and 33rd Ohio succeeded and all, through varied routes and remarkable effort, reached Union lines.  The six men recaptured were exchanged on March 18, 1863. (By John Osborne)