LOCOMOTIVE "THE GENERAL"
Atlanta GA
1864
In 1862, twenty Union soldiers, led by a spy from Kentucky,
infiltrated northern Georgia and hijacked a steam locomotive, "The
General." They were captured and seven were hanged in Atlanta.
Buster Keaton made a silent movie about the incident in 1927. Walt
Disney also used the story for "The Great Locomotive Chase."
The original engine is now in a museum in Kennesaw, Georgia.
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