William A. Fuller
To The Memory of
William A. Fuller
1836-1905
Captain Independent State Troops
of Georgia, C.S.A.
As conductor on the state - owned Western & Atlantic R.R. he led the pursuing party that, after a 90-mile chase -- in which three locomotives were used -- recaptured the locomotive General which had been seized at Big Shanty, April 12, 1862, by a group of Federal Raiders led by James J. Andrews, intent upon the destruction of the railroad bridges between this
point & Chattanooga.
Erected April 12, 1961 by Citizens of
Kennesaw (Big Shanty), Georgia
Inscription by Wilbur C. Kurtz
Marker is on Cherokee Street (Big Shanty Road ), on the right when traveling west.
Courtesy hmdb.org
