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Title
Knight
Panorama--Raiders
abandoning
"the
General
"
Subject
Chattanooga Railroad Expedition, 1862
Ohio--History, Military--19th century
Andrews' Raid, 1862
Ruger, A.
Andrews, James J.
Time Period
1880s
Description
Section
of a
panorama
painted
by
Albert
Ruger
in the
1880's
depicting
an
event
known
as the "
Great
Locomotive
Chase
" or
"Andrews
'
Raid.
" In
1862
,
Secret
Service
Agent
James
J
.
Andrews
led
volunteer
Union
soldiers
,
mostly
Ohioans
, on a
mission
to
steal
a
Confederate
locomotive
and
drive
from the
south
to the
north
,
destroying
the
rail
lines
along
the
way
. The
mission
failed
shortly
after
it
was
begun
and
several
of the
captured
men
were
hung
while
others
were
later
exchanged
and
some
escaped
. This
scene
depicts
raiders
abandoning
the
locomotive
called
"the
General.
"
William
J
.
Knight
was a
private
in the
21st
Ohio
Volunteer
Infantry
,
Company
E
,
who
participated
in the
raid
.
Knight
escaped
and in
1878
he
began
touring
and
giving
lectures
describing
the
raid
.
Ruger's
panorama
accompanied
him for
more
than
eighteen
years
. The
panorama
is
now
part
of the
museum
collections
of the
Ohio
Historical
Society
.
Creator
Albert Ruger (Artist)
Date of Original
1880s
Collection
Ohio
Historical
Society
Museum
Collections
Source
Museum
Format
Picture
;
Transparency
Submitting Institution
Ohio Historical Society
Rights
Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to
http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
Type
StillImage
File Name
AL02944.tif
Image Height
3981
Image Width
3981
File Size
57828140 Bytes
Notes
Used
in "
Always
Very
Daring
and
Reckless
:
Private
William
J
.
Knight
and the
Andrews
Raid
" by
Jim
Leeke
,
TIMELINE
,
November-December
2003
(Volume
20
,
Number
6).
;
Cataloged
:
Yes
;
Museum
Catalog
Number
:
H
52109
;
Color
:
Yes
;
Portrait
:
Yes
Date created
2011-08-02
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