Civil War
William J. Knight
Private · U.S. Army
Company E, 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., in an attempt to destroy the bridges and track between Chattanooga and Atlanta.
Sources
- U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index
- Wikipedia. Linked only. The article text is not copied here.
