Ohio's Tribute to the Andrews Raiders, (sculpture).

Ohio's Tribute to the Andrews Raiders, (sculpture).

Barr, R. D., sculptor.

Bureau Brothers, founder.

Van Amringe Granite Company, fabricator.

Ohio's Tribute to the Andrews Raiders, (sculpture).

General, (sculpture).

Installed 1890. Dedicated 1890.

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Bronze on marble base.

Sculpture: approx. 2 ft. x 77 in. x 15 in.; Base: approx. 8 x 9 1/2 x 5 ft.

R.D. Barr/Sc/Bureau Bros. Bronze Founders (On front, east side of base:) OHIO'S TRIBUTE/TO THE/ANDREWS RAIDERS./1862/ERECTED 1890 (On south side of base:) EXCHANGED/(List of names and companies of those exchanged) (On back, west side of base:) EXECUTED (List of names and companies of those executed) (On north side of base:) ESCAPED/(List of names and companies of those who escaped capture) signed Founder's mark appears.

A bronze miniature coal burning train engine sits atop a three-tiered marble base. The engine, known as the General, was seized on April 12, 1862 by a group of twenty-two Union spies at Big Shanty, Georgia and chased to Chattanooga, Tennessee by Confederate soldiers and railroad men who eventually recaptured the train. The Union spies were led by J. J. Andrews, who proposed the plan to capture the train and drive it back to Chattanooga, burning bridges and cutting telegraph wires along the way. On the base are reliefs of canteens, bayonets, swords, hats, ammunition pouches, and flags. A brick walk encircles the monument and the graves of eight soldiers who were executed as Union spies.

History -- United States -- Civil War

Homage -- Andrews, James J.

Occupation -- Military -- Soldier

Architecture -- Vehicle -- Train

Object -- Weapon -- Sword

Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform

Object -- Other -- Flag

Outdoor Sculpture -- Tennessee -- Chattanooga

Administered by United States Department of Veterans Affairs, National Cemetery Administration, 810 Vermont Avenue, N.W., Washington, District of Columbia 20420

Located Chattanooga National Cemetery, 1200 Bailey Avenue, Holtzclaw Street, between Main Street & Bailey Avenue, Chattanooga, Tennessee 37404

IAS files contain a related article from the Civil War Centennial Commission of Tennessee, "Directory of Civil War Monuments and Memorials in Tennessee," Nashville, 1963, pg. 33 which provides the text of the base inscription bearing the names of the captured Union spies who were executed or exchanged, and those who escaped. IAS files also contain related newspaper articles available at the Chattanooga Public Library's Historical Collection clipping file which describe the actual train chase and subsequent events commemorating it --Tennessean (Feb. 14, 1932), pg. 17; Tennessean (Oct. 15, 1932), pg. 5; Tennessean (May 15, 1939). The article in the Tennessean (Feb. 14, 1932) notes that the engine depicted in the memorial is inaccurate since it has a coal-burning smokestack, while the 'General' has a wood-burning stack.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Tennessee survey, 1992.

National Cemetery Administration Memorials Inventory Project, 2002-2005.

Civil War Centennial Commission of Tennessee, "Directory of Civil War Monuments and Memorials in Tennessee," Nashville, 1963, pg. 33.

Tennessean (Feb. 14, 1932), pg. 17.

Civil War Centennial Commission of Tennessee, "Directory of Civil War Monuments and Memorials in Tennessee," Nashville, 1963, pg. 33.

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