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The first account of the chase was published a year after the event in 1863 by William Pittenger, one of the Andrews Raiders, under the title of Daring and Suffering. [24] It would be republished in 1881 as Capturing a Locomotive and 1889 as The Great Locomotive Chase. [25] The book was a major success and was widely praised.
The General is displayed at the Southern Museum of Civil War and Locomotive History in Kennesaw, Georgia (A shooting script of The Great Locomotive Chase is on this display along with movie posters for both France and Spain in the French and Spanish languages, respectively.). The Texas is displayed at the Atlanta History Center in Buckhead.
William Hunter Campbell (September 9, 1839 – June 18, 1862) was an Ohio civilian who worked for the Union Army during the early years of the American Civil War.He participated in a daring raid behind enemy lines on the Western and Atlantic Railroad, known famously as the Great Locomotive Chase.
Two soldiers from Ohio regiments who participated in a Civil War locomotive chase were finally awarded the Medal of Honor.
James J. Andrews (c. 1829 – June 7, 1862) was a Kentucky civilian who worked for the Union Army during the early years of the American Civil War.He led a daring raid behind enemy lines on the Western and Atlantic Railroad, known as the Great Locomotive Chase.
Jacob Wilson Parrott (July 17, 1843 – December 22, 1908) was an American soldier and carpenter. He was the first recipient of the Medal of Honor, a new military award first presented by the United States Department of War to six Union Army soldiers who participated in the Great Locomotive Chase in 1862 during the American Civil War (1861–1865).
Great Locomotive Chase; George Davenport Wilson (1830 – June 18, 1862) was an American Civil War soldier and Medal of Honor recipient. Biography.
John Morehead Scott (1 January 1839 – 18 June 1862) was a sergeant in the United States Army who was awarded the Medal of Honor for gallantry during the American Civil War.