I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 763 
To posthumously award the Congressional Gold Medal, collectively, to James 
J. Andrews and William H. Campbell in recognition of their extraor-
dinary bravery and steadfast devotion to the Nation during the Civil 
War as the only civilian members of Andrews’ Raiders, who launched 
a daring military raid that became known as the ‘‘Great Locomotive 
Chase’’. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 28, 2025 
Mr. FLEISCHMANN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on 
House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within 
the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To posthumously award the Congressional Gold Medal, col-
lectively, to James J. Andrews and William H. Campbell 
in recognition of their extraordinary bravery and stead-
fast devotion to the Nation during the Civil War as 
the only civilian members of Andrews’ Raiders, who 
launched a daring military raid that became known as 
the ‘‘Great Locomotive Chase’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘James J. Andrews and 
William H. Campbell Congressional Gold Medal Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) James J. Andrews was born in Holiday’s 
Cove, Virginia (now Weirton, West Virginia), in 
1829. He eventually moved to Kentucky. During the 
Civil War, Andrews served as a civilian spy for the 
Union Army and was the leader and organizer of 
Andrews’ Raiders. 
(2) William Hunter Campbell, born in Carroll 
County, Ohio, on September 9, 1839, was a unique 
addition to the raid. In 1862, he was visiting friends 
with the 2d Ohio Infantry in Kentucky when he was 
unexpectedly recruited for a daring mission. 
(3) On March 25, 1862, James J. Andrews de-
veloped a plan to cut off the Western and Atlantic 
Rail Line supply line from Marietta, Georgia, to 
Chattanooga, Tennessee, to allow the Union Army to 
attack and occupy the city. Andrews presented the 
plan to General Buell and General O.M. Mitchell, 
commanding the Union Army in North Alabama. 
The plan was accepted, and Andrews gathered 22 
Union soldiers from 3 Ohio Regiments (2d Ohio In-
fantry, 21st Ohio Infantry, 33d Ohio Infantry). The 
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plan was to work from northern Alabama in small 
groups, dressed in civilian clothes, and reach Mari-
etta, Georgia, to gather and steal a train. They were 
to run the train toward Chattanooga, cut the tele-
graph lines, tear up railroad tracks, and, if possible, 
burn the bridges. This would cut off all troop move-
ment and supplies from getting to Chattanooga. The 
capture of Chattanooga early in the war would cut 
off essential supplies and food from getting up to 
Virginia and the Confederate Army there. 
(4) On April 12, 1862, 24 volunteers from the 
Union Army, led by civilian scout James J. An-
drews, commandeered a Confederate locomotive 
named the ‘‘General’’ outside of Big Shanty, Geor-
gia (now Kennesaw), and took it northward toward 
Chattanooga, Tennessee, doing as much damage as 
possible to the vital Western and Atlantic Railroad 
line as they went. Out of fuel, Andrews and his men 
abandoned the locomotive and scattered into the 
woods before being captured by Confederate troops. 
(5) All captured were put on trial and convicted 
for acts of ‘‘unlawful belligerency’’ or being unlawful 
combatants and spies. Shortly after that, Andrews 
and 7 of the Raiders were executed by hanging, with 
the remaining held as prisoners-of-war. Andrews’ 
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body was taken down from the scaffold and buried. 
On October 16, 1887, his remains were recovered 
and taken to their final resting place at Chattanooga 
National Cemetery. 
(6) William H. Campbell was hung with 6 of 
the military men on June 18, 1862. In April 1866, 
these men were relocated and interred in Chat-
tanooga National Cemetery. 
(7) On March 25, 1863, 6 members of An-
drews’ Raiders were awarded the first Medals of 
Honor in our Nation’s history. Ultimately, 21 of the 
24 members of Andrews’ Raiders would receive the 
Medal of Honor for their actions on that day. On 
July 3rd, 2024, President Biden awarded the most 
recent Medals of Honor to members of Andrews’ 
Raiders, 
stating 
‘‘Their 
heroic 
deeds 
went 
unacknowledged for over a century, but time did not 
erase their valor’’. 
(8) Chattanooga, Tennessee, is recognized as 
the birthplace of the Medal of Honor. 
(9) In 1956, Walt Disney made a movie about 
Andrews’ Raiders’ exploits called ‘‘The Great Loco-
motive Chase’’, starring Fess Parker as Andrews. 
Buster Keaton’s 1927 feature-length comedy mas-
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terpiece ‘‘The General’’ was loosely based on the in-
cident. 
(10) Today, the hijacked locomotive, ‘‘General’’, 
is on display at The Southern Museum in Kennesaw, 
Georgia. ‘‘Texas’’, the locomotive used to give chase, 
is on display at the Atlanta History Center in At-
lanta, Georgia. 
(11) The civilians of the Andrews’ Raiders, 
James J. Andrews and William Hunter Campbell, 
acted with extraordinary bravery and unwavering de-
votion to their Nation as they attempted to turn the 
tide of the Civil War. 
SEC. 3. CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL. 
(a) PRESENTATION AUTHORIZED.—The Speaker of 
the House of Representatives and the President pro tem-
pore of the Senate shall make appropriate arrangements 
for the presentation, on behalf of Congress, of a single 
gold medal of appropriate design collectively in commemo-
ration of James J. Andrews and William H. Campbell, in 
recognition of their extraordinary bravery and steadfast 
devotion to the Nation during the Civil War as the only 
civilian members of Andrews’ Raiders, who launched a 
daring military raid that became known as the ‘‘Great Lo-
comotive Chase’’. 
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(b) DESIGN AND STRIKING.—For the purposes of the 
presentation referred to in subsection (a), the Secretary 
of the Treasury (referred to in this Act as the ‘‘Sec-
retary’’) shall strike a gold medal with suitable emblems, 
devices, and inscriptions to be determined by the Sec-
retary. 
(c) SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Following the award of the 
gold medal under subsection (a), the gold medal 
shall be given to the Smithsonian Institution, where 
it shall be available for display as appropriate and 
made available for research. 
(2) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of 
Congress that the Smithsonian Institution shall 
make the gold medal received under paragraph (1) 
available for— 
(A) display, particularly at the Charles H. 
Coolidge National Medal of Honor Museum; 
and 
(B) loan, as appropriate, so that the medal 
may be displayed elsewhere. 
SEC. 4. DUPLICATE MEDALS. 
The Secretary may strike and sell duplicates in 
bronze of the gold medal struck pursuant to section 3, at 
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a price sufficient to cover the cost thereof, including labor, 
materials, dies, use of machinery, and overhead expenses. 
SEC. 5. STATUS OF MEDALS. 
(a) NATIONAL MEDALS.—Medals struck under this 
Act are national medals for purposes of chapter 51 of title 
31, United States Code. 
(b) NUMISMATIC ITEMS.—For purposes of sections 
5134 and 5136 of title 31, United States Code, all medals 
struck under this Act shall be considered to be numismatic 
items. 
SEC. 6. AUTHORITY TO USE FUND AMOUNTS; PROCEEDS OF 
SALE. 
(a) AUTHORITY TO USE FUND AMOUNTS.—There is 
authorized to be charged against the United States Mint 
Public Enterprise Fund such amounts as may be nec-
essary to pay for the costs of the medals struck under 
this Act. 
(b) PROCEEDS OF SALE.—Amounts received from the 
sale of duplicate bronze medals authorized under section 
4 shall be deposited into the United States Mint Public 
Enterprise Fund. 
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