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5 days ago · Shadrach and Wilson are being recognized for participating in what became known as the Great Locomotive Chase. A Kentucky-born civilian spy and scout named James J. Andrews put together a group of volunteers, including Shadrach and Wilson, to degrade the railway and telegraph lines used by Confederates in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
5 days ago · The president will honor Philip Shadrach and George Wilson for their "gallantry and intrepidity" in carrying out a covert operation called the "Great Locomotive Chase," which played out 200 miles...
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5 days ago · The operation is now known as the Great Locomotive Chase. While other members of the raid received the Medal of Honor sooner — six of whom after being released in a prisoner exchange in 1863 ...
5 days ago · Philip Shadrach and George Wilson were honored posthumously during a White House ceremony that recognized their "gallantry and intrepidity" during what became known as the Great Locomotive Chase,...
6 days ago · In what became known as "The Great Locomotive Chase," on April 12, 1862, the Union raiders destroyed Confederate railroad tracks and telegraph lines -- earned 19 of the men Medals of Honor, becoming the first group of Army soldiers to receive it. The ambitious plot, despite wreaking havoc, failed. The soldiers were captured.
6 days ago · The Great Locomotive Chase of April 1862 was among the most daring raids of the American Civil War. Led by James J. Andrews, a group of Union volunteers captured The General, a Confederate train, and road it to Tennessee, causing as much damage to the Western and Atlantic Railroad as possible.
4 days ago · Shadrach and Wilson are being recognized for participating in what became known as the Great Locomotive Chase. A Kentucky-born civilian spy and scout named James J. Andrews put together a...
