Attempt to capture a locomotive

Archive

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Jacksonville History Center

Name/Title

Attempt to capture a locomotive

Entry/Object ID

Library.200

Scope and Content

Attempt to capture a locomotive. "In April 1862, 20 Union soldiers crossed Confederate lines to steal a locomotive called the General and destroy a critical Confederate supply line. In the aftermath half the team was executed; the half that escaped received the newly established Medal of Honor."

Collection

Library

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Book

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Search Terms

Chattanooga Railroad Expedition, 1862., Medal of Honor., Tennessee --History --Civil War, 1861-1865 --Secret service., Andrews, James J., d. 1862., General, The (Steam Locomotive)., Georgia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Secret service.

Archive Details

Creator

Kurtz, Henry H.

Archive Notes

Publisher: [s.n.] Place Published: [s.l.] Author: Kurtz, Henry H.