Andrews lived here 1859 - 62. In 1862 he led 22 Union soldiers into Georgia to cut the railway between Marietta & Chattanooga. Their capture of the locomotive "The General" and their pursuit by Confederates was a dramatic incident of the Civil War.

Marker is at the intersection of North Main Cross Street (State Highway 57) and Main Street, on the right when traveling north on North Main Cross Street.

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