- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- The Great Locomotive Chase
- Creator:
- Pittenger, William, 1840-1904.
- Publisher:
- J.B. Alden
- Date of Original:
- 1889
- Subject:
- Motion pictures--United States
Motion picture actors and actresses--United States
Men--United States
Locomotives--United States
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns
Chattanooga Railroad Expedition, 1862 - Location:
- United States, 39.76, -98.5
- Medium:
- color photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/png
- Description:
- The Great Locomotive Chase, a Disney film released in 1956, depicts the events of the Andrews Raid of 1862, in which Union raiders seized a Confederate train in north Georgia during the Civil War. The film is an adaptation of the written accounts of William Pittenger, a Union participant in the raid.
Image of the title page of the third edition of The great locomotive chase; a history of the Andrews railroad raid into Georgia in 1862. The Great Locomotive Chase was a Disney film released in 1956 which depicts the events of the Andrews Raid of 1862.
During Andrews Raid of 1862, also known as the Chattanooga Railroad Expedition, Union raiders seized a Confederate train in north Georgia during the Civil War. The film is an adaptation of the written accounts of William Pittenger, a Union participant in the raid. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/the-great-locomotive-chase/m-10893/
- Digital Object URL:
- https://www.loc.gov/resource/dcmsiabooks.greatlocomotivec00pitt_3/?sp=9&r=-1.369,-0.097,3.738,1.934,0
- Rights Holder:
- Courtesy of Library of Congress
- Original Collection:
- http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/great-locomotive-chase
Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia - Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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