A year before Union and Confederate forces clashed outright in hard-fought battles for control of Chattanooga, a secretive plot saw a stolen train make its way through North Georgia. Andrews' Raid, or ...

WASHINGTON — It was a bright and sunny summer day in Atlanta, Georgia as seven Union Soldiers stood on a raised platform with nooses around their necks, preparing to give their lives for the America ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Two Ohio Civil War soldiers, who played crucial roles in one of the earliest covert military operations that became the subject of a classic Hollywood silent film, finally ...

KENNESAW, Ga. — Over a century ago, the Great Locomotive Chase tore through North Georgia. On Tuesday, it tore through the area again. Aboard an air-conditioned train provided by CSX Transportation, ...

On April 12, 1862, civilian scout James J. Andrews and a small group of Union volunteers launched a risky raid deep behind Confederate lines during the American Civil War. Disguised as civilians, they ...

President Biden will on Wednesday posthumously award the Medal of Honor to two Union soldiers who pirated a locomotive deep in Confederate territory during the Civil War and then drove it 87 miles ...

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