Congressional Medal of Honor Society
Stories of Sacrifice
U.S. Civil War - U.S. Army
John Alfred Wilson
Details
- Rank: Private (Highest Rank: Corporal)
- Conflict/Era: U.S. Civil War
- Unit/Command:
Company C,
21st Ohio Infantry - Military Service Branch: U.S. Army
- Medal of Honor Action Date: April 1862
- Medal of Honor Action Place: Georgia, USA
Citation
One of 19 of 24 men (including two civilians) who, by direction of Gen. Ormsby M. Mitchell, 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 track between Chattanooga and Atlanta.
Additional Details
- Accredited to: Perrysburg, Wood County, Ohio
- Awarded Posthumously: No
- Presentation Date & Details: September 1863
- Born: July 25, 1833, Columbus, Franklin County, OH
- Died: March 28, 1904
- Buried: Union Hill Cemetery (MH), Bowling Green, OH
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