"The General," the locomotive commandeered at Kennesaw, Georgia, April 1862

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Sized, cropped, and prepared for use here by John Osborne, Dickinson College, April 13, 2012.

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

Depicted ContentIn Atlanta, seven Union raiders from the failed attack on the Georgia rail system are hanged as spies

Depicted ContentIn Atlanta, James J. Andrews is executed for his role as leader of the raid on the Georgia rail system

Depicted ContentIn Georgia, the leader of the Union raid on the Confederate rail system is captured

Depicted ContentIn Georgia, Union infiltrators commandeer a Confederate train and initiate the "Great Locomotive Chase"

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Original caption

"The General" - From a photograph taken in Atlanta in 1887 by the W. and A.R.R. Co. Conductor Fuller and Captain Parrott are shown.

Source citation

William Pittender, The Great Locomotive Chase: A History of the Andrews Railroad Raid into Georgia in 1862 (New York: Jones and Stanley, 1893), 160.