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Title
William
Bensinger
Civil
War
Locket
Subject
Military Ohio
Civil War
Andrews' Raiders
Place
McComb (Ohio)
Hancock County (Ohio)
Description
This
locket
includes
a
photograph
of
William
Bensinger
, a
native
of
McComb
,
Ohio
,
who
was
one
of
Andrews
'
Raiders
, a
group
of
men
who
ventured
deep
inside
Confederate
territory
during
the
Civil
War
. The
raiders
were
caught
, and
William
Bensinger
was an
exchange
prisoner
. The
locket
may
have been
given
to a
loved
one
while
Bensinger
was
away
.
It
measures
2
"
x
3
"
(5.08
x
7.62
cm)
. In
1862
, a
group
of
Ohioans
volunteered
to be
part
of a
secret
mission
deep
into
Confederate
territory
to
disrupt
transportation
and
communication
lines
. The
group
,
later
known
as
Andrews
'
Raiders
,
purchased
tickets
and
boarded
a
train
just
north
of
Marietta
,
Georgia
on the
morning
of
April
12
,
1862
.
When
the
train
stopped
at the
town
of
Big
Shanty
for
breakfast
, the
soldiers
separated
the
engine
,
called
The
General
, the
coal
tender
, and
three
boxcars
from the
rest
of the
train
. With the
Confederate
crew
in
pursuit
,
Andrews
'
Raiders
headed
toward
Chattanooga
,
tearing
up
track
and
cutting
telegraph
lines
. The
Confederates
picked
up
a
new
engine
, The
Texas
, at the
next
railroad
station
and
continued
to
pursue
the
Raiders
.
Although
they
released
two
of the
boxcars
and
tried
to
set
fire
to a
bridge
,
it
soon
became
clear
that the
Raiders
would
never
make
it
to
Chattanooga
. They
abandoned
The
General
about
half
way
to
Chattanooga
.
Andrews
'
Raiders
fled
on
foot
, but
all
21
were
captured
within
a
week
.
Eight
of them were
hanged
and the
rest
were
sent
to
Confederate
prison
camps
.
Date of Original
1861
circa
Collection
Andrews
'
Raiders
Source
Historical object(s) or artifact(s)
Submitting Institution
McComb Public Library
Rights
For rights and reproduction requests, go to the Ohio Historical Society's Audiovisual and Graphic Reproduction Services page at
http://www.ohiohistory.org/resource/audiovis/photodup.html;
For rights and reproduction requests, go to the Ohio Historical Society's Audiovisual and Graphic Reproduction Services page at
http://www.ohiohistory.org/resource/audiovis/photodup.html;
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
Om181_975188_001.tif
Image Height
1960
Image Width
3008
File Size
1173.845 KB
Format
picture
;
objects
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