Civil War Union Army Figure. He served as a Private in Company B, 2nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment, Union Army, and was one of the Andrews Raiders involved in the Great Locomotive Chase. In April 1862, he was one of the 22 men, including two 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. According to the Adjutant General's Office, he was hanged in Atlanta as a spy.
Civil War Union Army Figure. He served as a Private in Company B, 2nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment, Union Army, and was one of the Andrews Raiders involved in the Great Locomotive Chase. In April 1862, he was one of the 22 men, including two 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. According to the Adjutant General's Office, he was hanged in Atlanta as a spy.
Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith
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