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JOHN WOLLAM PVT UNIONJ ARMY MEDAL OF HONOR CIVIL WAR MEMORIAL TABLET

JOHN WOLLAM PVT UNIONJ ARMY MEDAL OF HONOR CIVIL WAR MEMORIAL TABLET
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Location: 175 MAIN STREET

City: JACKSON

State: Ohio

Zip Code: 45640

Type of Memorial: Medal of Honor War Memorial Tablet

Access: Public

Wars Commemorated: CIVIL WAR

Photograph By: CRAIG DODA

Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org

For extraordinary heroism on April, 1862, in action during the Andrew’s Raid in Georgia. Private Wollam was one of the 19 of 22 men (including two civilians) who, by direction of General Mitchell (or Buell), penetrated nearly 200 miles/200 miles (320 km) south into enemy territory and captured a railroad train at Big Shanty, Georgia, and attempted to destroy the bridges and track between Chattanooga and Atlanta.

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