Medal of Honor recipient
Rank and organization: Private, Company I, 2d Ohio Infantry
Place and date: Georgia, April 1862
Date of issue: 6 July 1864
Citation: One of the 19 of 22 men (including 2 civilians) who, by direction of Gen. Mitchell (or Buell), penetrated nearly 200 miles south into enemy territory and captured a railroad train at Big Shanty, Ga., in an attempt to destroy the bridges and tract between Chattanooga and Atlanta.
Medal of Honor
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medal_of_Honor
Civil War
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War
Great Locomotive Chase
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Locomotive_Chase
