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Civil War

John M. Scott

Sergeant · U.S. Army

Company F, 21st Ohio Infantry

April 1862 · Georgia

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Branch
U.S. Army
Era
Civil War
Home state
Ohio
Action
Georgia

The citation

Official 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., and attempted to destroy the bridges and track between Chattanooga and Atlanta.

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