2008-09
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 8/31/2008
Partly-printed pass Signed “T.D. Hamilton Capt & A Quartermaster” 1p. 6”x3”, October 21, 1862, and reads “W & A RR Will Furnish Transportation For One Man From Tunnel Hill to Dalton on furlough and charge to account of War Department of the Confederate States...” VG. The Western and Atlantic Railroad (W&A) is a historic railroad that operated in the southeastern United States from Atlanta, Georgia to Chattanooga, Tennessee. It was founded on December 21, 1836 as the Western and Atlantic Railroad of the State of Georgia. The line is still owned by the State of Georgia from Atlanta to CT Tower in Chattanooga. This line is famous because of the Andrews Raid (commonly referred to as the Great Locomotive Chase), which took place on the W&A during the American Civil War on the morning of April 12, 1862.
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