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Theft at Big Shanty
- When
- April 12, 1862
- Where
- Big Shanty, Georgia
Union volunteers stole locomotive The General at Big Shanty, Georgia, on April 12, 1862, during a breakfast stop.
The regular morning passenger train from Atlanta stopped at the Lacy Hotel. Andrews and his men commandeered the locomotive General and began moving northward, aiming to damage the Western and Atlantic Railroad line.
Sources
- Great Locomotive Chase Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-10
- James J. Andrews Wikipedia, revision of 2026-05-04
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