Congressional Medal of Honor Society
Stories of Sacrifice
U.S. Civil War - U.S. Army
Wilson W Brown
Details
- Rank: Private (Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant)
- Conflict/Era: U.S. Civil War
- Unit/Command:
Company F,
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 the 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: Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio
- Awarded Posthumously: No
- Presentation Date & Details: September 1863
- Born: December 25, 1837, Logan County, OH, United States
- Died: December 25, 1916, Toledo, OH, United States
- Buried: New Bellville Ridge Cemetery, Dowling, OH, United States
- Location of Medal: Naval Historical Center, Washington Navy Yard, Washington, DC ; Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic (1863 design), Toledo, OH ; Southern Museum of Civil War & Locomotive History (1904 design), Kennesaw, GA
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