Congressional Medal of Honor Society
Stories of Sacrifice
U.S. Civil War - U.S. Army
William J Knight
Details
- Rank: Private
- Conflict/Era: U.S. Civil War
- Unit/Command:
Company E,
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 Chattanaooga and Atlanta.
Additional Details
- Accredited to: Farmers Center, Defiance County, Ohio
- Awarded Posthumously: No
- Presentation Date & Details: September 1863
- Born: January 24, 1837, Apple Creek, Wayne County, OH, United States
- Died: , Stryker, OH, United States
- Buried: Oakwood Cemetery (PM), Stryker, OH, United States