The General is an American 4-4-0 steam locomotive built in 1855 for the Western and Atlantic Railroad, remembered chiefly for its role in the Great Locomotive Chase of 1862, when Union raiders seized the train in Confederate Georgia in an attempt to disrupt rail supply lines during the American Civil War. The chase and the ultimately unsuccessful raid became one of the best known railroad episodes of the war, and the preserved locomotive remains a museum exhibit in Georgia today.
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Manufacturer or BuilderRogers, Ketchum & Grosvenor, Paterson, New Jersey 1 In the Other Atlases
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1. The General (locomotive), Wikipedia
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built in December 1855 by the Rogers, Ketchum & Grosvenor in Paterson, New Jersey for the Western & Atlantic Railroad
In Group: American Main-Line Steam Locomotives, Lead sentence
Western & Atlantic Railroad #3 General is a 4-4-0 "American" type steam locomotive built in December 1855 by the Rogers, Ketchum & Grosvenor in Paterson, New Jersey for the Western & Atlantic Railroad, best known as the engine stolen by Union spies in the Great Locomotive Chase, an attempt to cripple the Confederate rail network
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