Q: What’s the story behind The General locomotive in Kennesaw? A: The General is best known for its role in the Great Locomotive Chase of the Civil War, also known as Andrews' Raid. The steam ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Two Ohio Civil War soldiers, who played crucial roles in one of the earliest covert military operations that became the subject of a classic Hollywood silent film, finally ...

At the height of the Civil War, a smuggler-turned-Union spy came up with a daring plan. Leading a team of two dozen Union soldiers from Ohio, James Andrews would sneak behind enemy lines, steal a ...

President Joe Biden on Wednesday awarded the Medal of Honor for conspicuous gallantry to two Union soldiers who stole a locomotive deep in Confederate territory during the Civil War and drove it north ...

It took 162 years for a man who enlisted in Warren County to fight for the Union in the Civil War to receive the nation’s highest military honor for a mission so audacious it inspired Hollywood films.

WASHINGTON, D. C. – The year was 1862. With the Civil War in full throttle, around two dozen Union Army soldiers from Ohio snuck onto Confederate territory with a bold plan to destroy enemy supply ...

In the Great Locomotive Chase of 1862, Union volunteers attempted to commandeer a train and ride it to a Southern stronghold, destroying bridges and rail lines behind them. It failed spectacularly.

WASHINGTON — It was a bright and sunny summer day in Atlanta, Georgia as seven Union Soldiers stood on a raised platform with nooses around their necks, preparing to give their lives for the America ...