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About 6 A.M. on April 12, 1862, James J. Andrews of Kentucky, a Federal spy and contraband merchant, with 18 soldiers and one civilian of Ohio, seized the locomotive "General" and three box cars while the train crew and passengers were breakfasting at the Lacy Hotel. Intending to sabotage the State Railroad between Atlanta and Chattanooga, the raiders steamed north to destroy track and burn bridges. They were foiled after a chase of eighty-seven miles by the persistent pursuit of Capt. W. A. Fuller, conductor of the train, Jeff Cain, fireman, and Anthony Murphy of the Atlanta Railroad shops.
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