Are you familar with the first Medal of Honor recipents and the Great Locomotive chase? On March 17, 1862 William Bensinger, Robert Buffum, Elihu H. Mason, Jacob Parrott, William Pittenger and William H. Reddick were exchanged for Confederate soldiers from the prisoner-of-war camp at City Point, Virginia. These men were the first living Medal of Honor winners and had been captured as members of Andrews Raiders. 4 other raiders received the Medal of Honor posthumously. [~138758:COL Mikel Burroughs] [~67210:LTC Stephen Curlee] [~124935:LTC Thomas Tennant] [~527810:MAJ Ken Landgren] [~308468:SGM David W.F. 'Dave' aka "Auto" Carr LOM DMSM former MP SGT] [~362072:SMSgt Minister Gerald A. Thomas] [~663201:SGM Steve Wettstein] [~106303:SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL] [~22186:SSgt L Ol] [~287024:SSgt Robert Marx] [~620665:SSG Leo Bell] [~76036: SSG Ed Mikus] [~786700:SGT John McConnell] [~768589:SP5 Mark Kuzinski] [~271566:PO3 Steven Sherrill] [~673920:SGT Forrest Stewart] [~182753:SGT Robert Hawks] [~567961:SPC Rickey Cook] [~378759:SrA Christopher Wright] [~656696:SPC Corbin Sayi]

Posted on Mar 17, 2016

Are you familar with the first Medal of Honor recipents and the Great Locomotive chase?

LTC Stephen F.

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On March 17, 1862 William Bensinger, Robert Buffum, Elihu H. Mason, Jacob Parrott, William Pittenger and William H. Reddick were exchanged for Confederate soldiers from the prisoner-of-war camp at City Point, Virginia. These men were the first living Medal of Honor winners and had been captured as members of Andrews Raiders. 4 other raiders received the Medal of Honor posthumously.

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SFC William Farrell

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Great story and an interesting start to the Army Medal of Honor. Thank you LTC Stephen F.

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LTC Stephen F.

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Here are pictures of the two locomotive engines "General" and "Texas." Thanks for letting us know you saw these when you were younger SPC David S. FYI SrA Christopher Wright SGT John " Mac " McConnell SP5 Mark Kuzinski
The General image if from shortly after Atlanta was taken in the Civil War while the Texas is from 1911

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SPC David S.

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Way to improvise and overcome with the libations - When I lived in Mississippi every other country was dry. I must have supplied three or four sheriff's department the booze for their Christmas parties - involuntarily.

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MAJ (Join to see)

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Funny! Love your DRY sense of humor, bro!

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SFC Thomas Howes

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Lets hope that the liberty's don't try and destroy this part of history like the battle flag

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Boss Hogg and Rosco classic moment

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SPC David S. - Boss Hog and his deputies drank it!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9V0YmVzrFNU

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SPC David S.

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I've actually seen both of the engines involved in the Chase - the 'Texas' in Atlanta and then the 'General' in Kennesaw when my dad was stationed at Robins AFB. The 1950's movie isn't that bad either.

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LTC Stephen F.

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Thanks for letting us know SPC David S. that you have actually been able to see both of the engines in the Great Chase after Andrews Raiders were trying to escape to the north before they were captured. I am glad that both the 'Texas' and the 'General' have been preserved.

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