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Chattanooga Railroad Expedition, 1862

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: refers to the Great Locomotive Chase or Andrews Raid

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

James R. Crew papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS79f
Scope and Content This collection contains correspondence, military documents, and other personal records of James R. Crew. Correspondence includes letters Crew wrote to his wife about life in Atlanta during and after the Civil War. Crew did not date the letters but he describes contemporary war events such as battles in Chattanooga, Tennessee, Jacksonville, Florida, and New Orleans, Louisiana. He talks about the hanging of "bridge burners," referring to a group of Union spies known as Andrews Raiders. Crew...
Dates: approximately 1860-1932, undated