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The Great Locomotive Chase (a portion of the Andrews' Raid or the Mitchel Raid) was a military raid that occurred April 12, 1862, in northern Georgia during the American Civil War.
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.
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.
May 2, 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 and sabotaging the Western & Atlantic Railroad ...
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. But their efforts are hampered by the unrelenting bravery of a single Rebel patriot.
Disney's live-action movie The Great Locomotive Chase (1956) details a fascinating episode of the American Civil War. On April 12, 1862, a Union spy named James. J. Andrews led a group of volunteer Union soldiers to seize control of a Confederate passenger train in Big Shanty (now Kennesaw), Georgia.
Its locomotive was the powerful woodburner General, built for the Atlantic & Western in 1855 by the Rogers, Ketchum and Grosvenor Works in Paterson, New Jersey. Behind the tender were three empty boxcars, slated to bring commissary stores out of Chattanooga on the return trip, then a string of passenger cars.
