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.

The MarketWatch News Department was not involved in the creation of this content. The reenactment will retrace the original route of the Andrews' Raid--an audacious mission on April 12, 1862, that ...

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 ...

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 ...

July 3 (UPI) --President Joe Biden on Wednesday posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor to two Union soldiers who took part in a successful operation against the Confederacy behind enemy lines during ...

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 ...

EAST LIVERPOOL — The Andrews Raid, also known as The Great Locomotive Chase, was a celebrated military adventure of the Civil War. Retired journalist, author and humorist Fred Miller will put his own ...

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.

The reenactment will retrace the original route of the Andrews' Raid—an audacious mission on April 12, 1862, that ultimately led to our country's first Medals of Honor awarded on March 25, 1863 ...