The Andrews Raid

The Andrews Raid is a Georgia historical marker in Cobb County, dedicated 1954.

On GA 293 in downtown Kennesaw.

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About 6 A.M., April 12, 1862, a Federal spy & contraband merchant, James J. Andrews, of Ky., together with 18 soldiers & one civilian of Ohio, seized the locomotive "General", & three box cars while the train-crew & passengers were breakfasting at the Lacy Hotel. Intending to sabotage the State R. R. between Atlanta & Chattanooga, the raiders steamed N. to destroy track & burn bridges. They were foiled in this attempt by the persistent pursuit of Capt. W. A. Fuller, Conductor of the train: Jeff Cain, Fireman; & Anthony Murphy, of the Atlanta R. R. shops, after a chase of eighty-seven miles.

TodayHistorical map

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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library

Historical maps covering this location

1864 · Part of Cobb County, Georgia / from surveys made by the Topl. Engrs. of the Dept. of the… (Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library)
1866 · Georgia. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1869 · Georgia. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1874 · Military Operations of the Atlanta Campaign. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1895 · Atlanta Campaign 3rd epoch. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

Georgia, 1866, covering the location of The Andrews Raid, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Georgia, 1866, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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