The General ran out of fuel north of Ringgold, and Andrews and his men were forced to flee into the Georgia wilderness. Fuller and his men pursued the General first on foot, then by rail pushcart, and finally on a series of three engines, the Yonah, William R. Andrews and his men were pursued by three railroad employees (and later Oakland residents), William Fuller, Jeff Cain, and Anthony Murphy.
Andrews and his men planned to burn the railroad bridges on the strategically important Western & Atlantic Railroad but were ultimately unsuccessful. In a small community north of Marietta called Big Shanty, known today as Kennesaw, Andrews and his “raiders” successfully captured the locomotive General on April 12, 1862. Andrews, a civilian and Union spy from Kentucky, led this group of men in a daring raid to wound the Confederate states.
William Pittenger, “Daring and Suffering” In the Confederate states, these men were decried as spies, thieves, and “Lincolnites.” The people of the North would come to view them as heroes for their actions, and most of them have since been awarded the Medal of Honor. The leader of these men had been executed earlier, and several more waited in jail. On June 18, 1862, seven men from Ohio were hanged just steps south of Oakland Cemetery.
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