Find A Grave - Great Locomotive Chase (Andrews Raiders)

Andrews, James J. b. 1829 d. June 7, 1862
Civil War Union Partisan. Leader of the famed "Andrews Raiders". Born in Hancock County, (now West) Virginia. Spent the first year of the Civil War as a Union contraband runner and double agent. Conceived the idea for the raid. Was captured after it failed, tried by the Confederate Army, and hanged in Atlanta. Did not receive a Congressional Medal of Honor as he was a civilian and, hence, ineligible. (Bio by: Bill Sonsin)
Cause of death: Hanged by Confederate Army
Chattanooga National Cemetery, Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee, USA
Plot: Section H, Grave 12982
Andrews Raiders Memorial
Memorial erected by the State of Ohio to the Andrews Raiders. In early April, 1862, a band of Union soldiers lead by civilian James Andrews infiltrated south from the Union lines near Shelbyville, Tennessee and met at Big Shanty, Georgia (near Marietta). On the morning of April 12, 1862, 20 of them (2 raiders never arrived and 2 others overslept and missed the adventure) stole the passenger train "The General" during its morning breakfast stop. With the farms and factories of Georgia...[Read More]
Chattanooga National Cemetery, Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee, USA
GPS coordinates: 33.4480705, -84.2213821 (hddd.dddd)
Bensinger, William b. January 14, 1840 d. December 19, 1918
Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. Served in the Civil War as a Private in Company G, 21st Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He was awarded the CMOH for his bravery as a participant as a Mitchell Raider in the famed “Great Locomotive Chase” in April 1862. His citation reads “One of the 19 of 22 men (including 2 civilians) who, by direction of Gen. Mitchell (or Buell), penetrated nearly 200 miles south into enemy territory and captured a railroad train at Big Shanty, Ga., in an attempt to...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
McComb Union Cemetery, McComb, Hancock County, Ohio, USA
Plot: north side of the road
Brabson, Reese Bowen b. 1817 d. 1863
US Congressman. Elected to represent Tennessee's 3rd District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1859 to 1861. Member of Tennessee State Legislature.
Citizens Cemetery, Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee, USA
Bracken, Peter b. October 31, 1833 d. May 26, 1909
Engineer of the locomotive 'Texas' during the great locomotive chase on the Western and Atlantic Railroad on April 12, 1862.
Rose Hill Cemetery, Macon, Bibb County, Georgia, USA
Brown, Wilson W. b. December 25, 1839 d. December 26, 1916
Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He was a Private with Company F, 21st Ohio Volunteer Infantry and was awarded the Medal of Honor for heroism at Big Shanty, Georgia. His official CMOH citation reads as follows "One of the 19 of 22 men (including 2 civilians) who, by direction of Gen. Mitchell (or Buell), penetrated nearly 200 miles south into enemy territory and captured a railroad train at Big Shanty, Ga., in an attempt to destroy the bridges and track between Chattanooga...[Read More]
Cause of death: Cerebral hemorrhage
New Belleville Ridge Cemetery, Dowling, Wood County, Ohio, USA
Plot: Lot 46, Block B, Grave 1
Buell, Don Carlos b. March 23, 1818 d. November 19, 1898
Civil War Union Major General. He graduated from West Point in 1841, was commissioned an infantry officer, serving in action in the Seminole and Mexican Wars. At the outbreak of the Civil War, he was Assistant Adjutant General and was given command of a division in the Army of Potomac in August 1861. In November 1861, he was promoted Major General in command of the Army of the Ohio, seeing action at Shiloh, Corinth and Perryville. Complaints were made against Buell's unwillingness to follow...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Bellefontaine Cemetery, Saint Louis, St. Louis city, Missouri, USA
Plot: Block 114, Lot 77
Buffum, Robert b. July 7, 1828 d. July 20, 1871
Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He served as a Private in Company H, 21st Ohio Infantry, Union Army. In April 1862, he was one of the 22 men which included 2 civilians who penetrated nearly 200 miles south into Confederate enemy territory. There they captured a railroad train at Big Shanty, Georgia in an attempt to destroy the bridges and track between Chattanooga and Atlanta. For bravery in the face of the enemy, he was awarded the Medal of Honor on March 25, 1863. (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Cause of death: Suicide in an institution for the criminally insane
Soule Cemetery, Sennett, Cayuga County, New York, USA
Plot: Buried in the prison section.
Cain, E. Jefferson 'Jeff' b. April, 1827 d. February 10, 1897
Civil War Confederate Figure. He was the engineer of the train pulled by the 'General,' the locomotive captured by the Andrews Raiders at Big Shanty (Kennesaw) in 1862. With William Fuller and Anthony Murphy, he followed in pursuit, first in the locomotive 'Yonah,' next in the 'William R. Smith' and finally in the 'Texas.' The 'General' was recaptured 2 miles north of Ringold.
Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, USA
Campbell, William Hunter b. September 9, 1839 d. June 18, 1862
Civil War Union Army Figure. He served as a civilian member of the Andrews Raiders. In April 1862, he was one of the 22 men which included 2 civilians who penetrated nearly 200 miles south into Confederate enemy territory. There they captured a railroad train at Big Shanty, Georgia in an attempt to destroy the bridges and track between Chattanooga and Atlanta. He was one of the members of that group whom were executed after their capture. (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Chattanooga National Cemetery, Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee, USA
Plot: Section H, Grave 12982
Dorsey, Daniel A. b. December 31, 1838 d. May 10, 1918
Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. Served in the Civil War as a Corporal in Company H, 33rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He was awarded the CMOH for his bravery as a participant as an Andrews Raider in the famed "Great Locomotive Chase" through Georgia in April 1862. His citation reads "One of the 19 of 22 men (including 2 civilians) who, by direction of Gen. Mitchell (or Buell), penetrated nearly 200 miles south into enemy territory and captured a railroad train at Big Shanty, Ga...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Leavenworth National Cemetery, Leavenworth, Leavenworth County, Kansas, USA
Plot: Section 11, Row 19, Grave 8
GPS coordinates: 39.2745590, -94.8853607 (hddd.dddd)
Fuller, William Allen b. April 15, 1836 d. December 28, 1905
Civil War Figure. He was the conductor of the train pulled by the 'General,' the locomotive captured by the Andrews Raiders at Big Shanty (Kennesaw) in 1862 in what has become known as the "Great Locomotive Chase". Captain Fuller followed in hot pursuit, first in the locomotive 'Yonah,' next in the 'William R. Smith' and finally in the 'Texas.' The 'General' was recaptured 2 miles north of Ringold.
Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, USA
GPS coordinates: 33.4496689, -84.2246628 (hddd.dddd)
Haney, Henry P. b. November 25, 1846 d. November 19, 1923
Civil War Confederate Figure. He was the 15 year old fireman on the "Texas", the locomotive used by the "General's" crew to pursue the "General" on the second half of the chase after it was stolen by the Andrews Raiders. Last survivor of "the Great Locomotive Chase."
Casey's Hill Cemetery, Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, USA
Harbin, Oliver Wiley b. June 16, 1834 d. November 29, 1910
Civil War Figure. Born in Dahlonega, Lumpkin County, Georgia, he began working with the Rome Railroad in 1848, becoming engineer in 1859. During the Civil War, on the day of the "Great Locomotive Chase" involving Andrews' Raiders, he was the engineer of Rome Railroad locomotive the 'William R. Smith'. This was the locomotive used in pursuit of the stolen locomotive 'The General' during the raid on April 12, 1862. (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Westview Cemetery, Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, USA
Hawkins, Martin J. b. 1830 d. 1886
Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He served as a Corporal in Company A, 33rd Ohio Infantry, Union Army. In April 1862, he was one of the 22 men which included 2 civilians who penetrated nearly 200 miles south into Confederate enemy territory. There they captured a railroad train at Big Shanty, Georgia in an attempt to destroy the bridges and track between Chattanooga and Atlanta. For bravery in the face of the enemy, he was awarded the Medal of Honor in September, 1863 and later...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Woodland Cemetery, Quincy, Adams County, Illinois, USA
Plot: Lot No. 182, Block 12
Knight, William J. b. January 29, 1837 d. September 26, 1916
Medal of Honor recipient. Rank and organization: Private, Company E, 21st Ohio Infantry. Place and date. Georgia, April 1862. Entered service at: Farmer Center, Defiance County, Ohio. Date of issue: September 1863. Citation. One of the 19 of 22 men (including 2 civilians) who, by direction of Gen. Mitchell (or Buell), penetrated nearly 200 miles south into enemy territory and captured a railroad train at Big Shanty, Ga., in an attempt to destroy the bridges and track between Chattanooga and...[Read More]
Oakwood Cemetery, Stryker, Williams County, Ohio, USA
Plot: Lot 499, Block A, Grave 4
Llewellyn, Samuel b. October 25, 1841 d. August 14, 1915
Civil War Union Army Soldier. Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, he served as a Sergeant in Company I, 33rd Ohio Infantry. In April 1862, he volunteered as a member of James J. Andrews Raiders, which succeeded in the wrecking Confederate railroad supply lines. After the war, he served as a member of the Ohio State House of Representatives, 1890 to 1893. (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Coalton Cemetery, Coalton, Jackson County, Ohio, USA
Mason, Elihu H. b. March 23, 1831 d. September 24, 1896
Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He served as a Sergeant in Company K, 21st Ohio Infantry, Union Army. In April 1862, he was one of the 22 men which included 2 civilians who penetrated nearly 200 miles south into Confederate enemy territory. There they captured a railroad train at Big Shanty, Georgia in an attempt to destroy the bridges and track between Chattanooga and Atlanta. For bravery in the face of the enemy, he was awarded the Medal of Honor on March 25, 1863 and later...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Cause of death: cancer
Long Pemberville, Pemberville, Wood County, Ohio, USA
Plot: Lot 193, Center section
Mitchel, Ormsby MacKnight b. July 20, 1805 d. October 30, 1862
Civil War Union Major General. Born in Morganfield, Kentucky, at the start of the Civil War he was chief engineer of the Ohio and Mississippi railroad, when appointed Brigadier General of the Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He commanded a brigade in the Army of the Potomac, through campaigns of Tennessee, Alabama, Kentucky and Tennessee. Due to his railroad knowledge, he was in change of the raids on Confederate rail lines and is noted for ordering the Andrews Raids in April 1862, best known as the "...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Cause of death: Yellow Fever
Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA
Plot: Section 149, Plot 13045
Murphy, Anthony b. November 29, 1829 d. December 28, 1909
Civil War Confederate Figure. During the Civil War he was the Foreman of Machinery and Motive Power for the Western and Atlantic Railroad in Northern Georgia, and a member of the crew of the locomotive “The General”. When "The General” was stolen in a raid made by the now-famous Andrews Raiders, he was one of first to alert Confederate authorities of the theft (taking it as a personal affront, since it was his train). He then joined the many Confederate Soldiers and Railway workers who pursued...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, USA

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