Civil War

Marion A. Ross

Sergeant Major · U.S. Army

2d Ohio Infantry

April 1862 · Georgia

Public domain. US Army Source file

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

The citation

Official citation

Nineteen of 22 men (including 2 civilians) who, by direction of Gen. Mitchell (or Buell), penetrated nearly 200 miles south into the enemy's territory and captured a railroad train at Big Shanty, Ga., in an attempt to destroy the bridges and track between Chattanooga and Atlanta.