June 16, 1862 25c The Western & Atlantic Rail Road note from Atlanta, Georgia.
The Western & Atlantic Rail Road was the scene of the Great Locomotive Chase just a few months before this note was issued. Volunteers from the Union Army cut Confederate telegraph wires, preventing communications, then commandeered a train and took it northward toward Chattanooga, TN, doing as much damage to the vital Western & Atlantic Rail Road line as they went. They were pursued by Confederate soldiers on foot at first, then later by a succession of locomotives for 87 miles.
Printed with both black and red ink, this note features a train Vignette at the top!
This note grades About Uncirculated+. Not cancelled! It measures ~ 4.8" x 2.25".
June 16, 1862 25c The Western & Atlantic Rail Road note from Atlanta, Georgia.
The Western & Atlantic Rail Road was the scene of the Great Locomotive Chase just a few months before this note was issued. Volunteers from the Union Army cut Confederate telegraph wires, preventing communications, then commandeered a train and took it northward toward Chattanooga, TN, doing as much damage to the vital Western & Atlantic Rail Road line as they went. They were pursued by Confederate soldiers on foot at first, then later by a succession of locomotives for 87 miles.
Printed with both black and red ink, this note features a train Vignette at the top!
This note grades About Uncirculated+. Not cancelled! It measures ~ 4.8" x 2.25".
