Friday, June 10, 2011

Atlanta, Georgia - Oakland Cemetery (Andrews Raid participants)

William Fuller
William Fuller - front
William Fuller - side
Jeff Cain
Jeff Cain - back
Anthony Murphy
Andrews Raid monument
Located within Oakland Cemetery in Atlanta are grave sites for three of the primary Confederate participants of the Civil War's "Great Locomotive Chase". William Fuller - Conductor of the train pulled by the locomotive "General"; Jeff Cain - Engineer of the "General"; Anthony Murphy - Foreman of the Western and Atlantic Railroad. In addition, there is a monument near the location that 7 of the Union raiders were hung soon after the raid.

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