(6) At or near this site, James J. Andrews, leader of the celebrated Andrews Railroad Raid, was executed as a spy, June 7th, 1862, and was buried near the scaffold.

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(6) At or near this site, James J. Andrews, leader of the celebrated Andrews Railroad Raid, was executed as a spy, June 7th, 1862, and was buried near the scaffold. In April, 1887, his remains were removed to the National Cemetery at Chattanooga, Tenn.

(Any one of the four corners – Juniper and Third Sts.)

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