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- KENN_061012_03.JPG: The Lacy Hotel would have been located across the track here
- KENN_061012_17.JPG: The General:
This is the original locomotive made famous by its participation in the Andrews Raid of April 12,1862.
It was stolen by the Northern raiders who tried unsuccessfully to wreck the Confederate supply line between Atlanta, Georgia and Chattanooga, Tennessee, and recovered by the Southern crew after an 86-mile chase that has been the subject of books and motion pictures.
This incident, called the most dramatic episode of the Civil War, led to awards of the first Congressional Medals of Honor to the men who stole the General.
The locomotive, built in 1855 for the Western and Atlantic Railroad, was restored by the Louisville and Nashville Railroad in 1961 to make a series of tours under its own power commemorating the Civil War Centennial.
- KENN_061012_34.JPG: Big Shanty:
In 1838-41, a construction camp of laborers, grading and building the State Railroad, was located at the spring approximately 250 yards west of here, where temporary structures (shanties) housed the workmen.
Track level here, being some 345 feet above the level at Cartersville, 19 miles north, the grade was 18 feet per mile at time of construction. In railroad parlance, this was known as "the big grade to the shanties" -- later shortened to "big shanty grade," finally to "Big Shanty," which was changed to Kennesaw about 1870. In June, 1864, Federal forces on the Kennesaw Mountain front drew supplies at this point.
- KENN_061012_36.JPG: This Tablet marks the spot at which the
LOCOMOTIVE "GENERAL"
was captured by Andrews Raiders
morning of April 12th, 1862
Capt. Jas.J. Andrews , with twenty volunteers from Sill's Brigade, Mitchell's Corps, U.S.A. and a citizen of Kentucky, all dressed as civilians, captured the "General" at Big Shanty, April 12,1862, while the train crew and passengers were taking breakfast. The purpose of the capture was to destroy the bridges on the Western & Atlantic R.R. , and thereby cut off the Confederate Army from its base supplies. Conductor W.A. Fuller accompanied by Engineer Jeff Cain and Anthony Murphy, Foreman of the W.& A. Shops, commenced pursuit on foot. They soon secured a hand car and in spite of obstructions placed on the track by Andrews Raiders, made rapid progress. They found the engine "Yonah" at Etowah, and the pursuit then was at such a rapid pace, that serious damage to the railroad by the Raiders was impossible. The "General" was abandoned by the Raiders on account of lack of fuel and the close pursuit of Conductor Fuller and his party.
Jas.J. Andrews, Flemingsburg Ky.
M.A. Ross, 2nd. Ohio Vol. Inf.
G.D. Wilson, Co. B.,
C.P. Shadrach, Co. K.,
J.M. Scott, Co. F., 21st.
S. Slavens, Co. E., 33rd.
S. Robertson, Co. C.,
W.H. Campbell Citizen
Were executed in Atlanta as spies.
Jno. A. Wilson, Co. C., 21st Ohio Vol. Inf.
Mark Wood, Co. C.,
J.R. Porter, Co. C.,
W.W. Brown, Co. F.,
Wm. Knight, Co. E.,
D. A. Dorsey, Co. H., 33rd
Martin Hawkins, Co. A.,
John Wollam, Co. C.,
Escaped from prison and reached the Union Lines.
Wm. Pittenger Co. C 2nd Ohio Vol. Inf.
Jacob Parrott Co. K 33rd
Wm. H. Reddick Co. B
Rob Buffum Co. H 21st
Wm. Bensinger Co. G
E. H. Mason Co. K
Were exchanged from Libby Prison.
Prominent among the pursuers were
Smith, Steve
Stokely, Peter
Bracken, F.
Cox, A.
Martin, H. Haney.
- KENN_061012_46.JPG: William Fuller memorial
- KENN_061012_52.JPG: To the Memory of William A. Fuller, 1836-1905:
Captain Independent State Troops of Georgia, CSA:
As conductor on the state-owned Western and Atlantic Railroad, he led the pursuing party that, after a 90-mile chase -- in which three locomotives were used -- recaptured the locomotive General which had been seized at Big Shanty, April 12, 1862, by a group of Federal raiders led by James J. Andrews, intent upon the destruction of the railroad bridges between this point and Chattanooga.
Erected April 12, 1862, by citizens of Kennesaw (Big Shanty), Georgia
- KENN_061012_54.JPG: Site -- Lacy Hotel:
Eastward across the railroad stood the two-story frame hotel, leased by George M. Lacy in 1859 -- an eating house for passengers on the State-owned railway until June 9, 184, at which time the Federal forces occupied Big Shanty.
April 12, 1862, the Andrews Raiders (USA) seized the locomotive "General" while train crew and passengers were breakfasting at the hotel.
Fortified by a stockade, it housed a Federal garrison from June 9 to October 3, 1864, when it was captured by Confederate forces. Reoccupied by Federal troops, it was maintained as a railroad blockhouse until abandoned and burned by them, November 14.
- KENN_061012_60.JPG: The Andrews Raid:
About 6am, April 12, 1862, a Federal spy and contraband merchant, James J. Andrews of Kentucky, together with 18 soldiers and one civilian of Ohio, seized the locomotive "General", and three box cars while the train-crew and passengers were breakfasting at the Lacy Hotel.
Intending to sabotage the State Railroad between Atlanta and Chattanooga, the raiders steamed north to destroy track and burn bridges.
They were foiled in this attempt by the persistent pursuit of Captain W.A. Fuller, Conductor of the train; Jeff Cain, Fireman; and Anthony Murphy, of the Atlanta Railroad shops, after a chase of eighty-seven miles.
- KENN_061012_61.JPG: Federal Occupation of Big Shanty:
After the wide flanking movement west and south of Allatoona Mountains, Sherman's forces (USA) regained the State Railroad at Acworth, June 6, 1864.
June 9, Minty's and Wilder's brigades, Garrard's Cavalry, with Bennett's section, Chicago Board of Trade Battery (USA), moved south from Acworth. At Morgan's Hill, they encountered Martin's division of Wheeler's cavalry and Benton's brigade, Hood's AC. Benton and Martin withdrew southeast to Johnston's first defense line (CSA) on the Kennesaw Mountain front. Big Shanty was occupied and Sherman maintained headquarters here, June 10-24. The 17th AC joined McPherson's forces at Acworth, June 6.
- KENN_061012_66.JPG: Stewart's Corps at Big Shanty:
During the march of Lt. Gen. Hood's army north from Palmetto, Stewart's A.C. and Armstrong's cavalry (CSA) were sent from Lost Mountain, October 3, 1864, to destroy the State Railroad at Big Shanty.
Featherston's brigade, Loring's division (CSA) captured the Federal garrison (detachments, 14th and 15th Illinois, 4th Division, 17th AC) posted in the stockaded Lacy Hotel. Walthall's and Loring's divisions were sent to seize the stockades at Moon's Station and Acworth, 2 and 6 miles north. French's division (CSA) was sent north eleven miles to engage in one of the most noted battles along the State Railroad -- Allatoona, October 5, 1864.
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