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Location within Georgia. The Great Locomotive Chase (also known as Andrews' Raid or the Mitchel Raid) was a military raid that occurred April 12, 1862, in northern Georgia during the American Civil War. Volunteers from the Union Army, led by civilian scout James J. Andrews, commandeered a train, The General, and took it northward toward ...
The Great Locomotive Chase: Directed by Francis D. Lyon. With Fess Parker, Jeffrey Hunter, Jeff York, John Lupton. During the Civil War Union spy Andrews and his men volunteer to steal a Confederate train and drive it to Union territory while destroying the Confederate railway system along the way.
The Great Locomotive Chase is a 1956 American adventure western film produced by Walt Disney Productions, based on the Great Locomotive Chase that occurred in 1862 during the American Civil War.
May 2, 2019 · By. Kennedy Hickman. Updated on May 02, 2019. The Great Locomotive Chase took place April 12, 1862, during the American Civil War (1861-1865). Also known as the Andrews' Raid, the mission saw civilian scout James J. Andrews lead a small force of disguised Union soldiers south to Big Shanty (Kennesaw), GA with the goal of stealing a locomotive ...
Join Our Team. The Great Locomotive Chase, also know as Andrews’ Raid, was a military raid that occurred on April 12, 1862. Six of the Raiders would receive the very first Medals of Honor on March 25, 1863.
Release Date: June 8, 1956. Genre: Adventure, Classics, Family, Live Action. After commandeering a Confederate locomotive, heroic Yankee soldiers known as the Andrews Raiders try to bring about an early end to the Civil War by crippling the Southern railroad network.
Deep-cover Union spy Andrews (Fess Parker) appeals to the Confederate patriotism of shrewd Georgia conductor Fuller (Jeffrey Hunter), who’s inquired about an unusual band of passengers, who are really a sabotage gang, in the Disney Civil War adventure The Great Locomotive Chase, 1956.
