James J. Andrews

Historical marker location:

Flemingsburg, Kentucky

( Courthouse lawn, Flemingsburg)

Andrews lived here 1859-62. In 1862 he led 22 Union soldiers into Georgia to cut the railway between Marietta and Chattanooga. Their capture of the locomotive "The General" and their pursuit by Confederates was a dramatic incident of the Civil War.

Originally dedicated on August 8, 1962.

Civil War Railroads Union Army