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The Great Locomotive Chase
On April 12, 1862, twenty Union soldiers dressed as civilians walked into a Georgia train station with a wild plan. Led by spy James Andrews, they would steal a locomotive called The General and race north to Chattanooga, ripping up railroad tracks behind them.
The mission failed spectacularly when Confederate forces gave chase in another engine. Eight raiders were hanged as spies…