It happened on April 12, 1862 when James Andrews, a Union spy posing as a Confederate smuggler, boarded The General in Marietta, along with 20 others in a Union raid.

Volunteers from the Union Army commandeered a Confederate locomotive outside of Big Shanty (now Kennesaw) on April 12, 1862, and took it northward toward Chattanooga, Tenn.

Adventure Archaeology. Antique bottle and civil war show in Georgia. Posted: May 12, 2025 | Last updated: May 12, 2025. We took a week off from digging and headed to Rome and Dalton Georgia.

The Civil War officially ended on Aug. 20, 1866, but Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered his army 16 months earlier on April 9, 1865. ... Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina.