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MCCOMB MEDAL OF HONOR WAR MEMORIAL MARKER II

MCCOMB MEDAL OF HONOR WAR MEMORIAL MARKER II
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Listing Details

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Location: W. MAIN STREET

City: MCCOMB

State: Ohio

Zip Code: 45858

Access: Cemetery

Wars Commemorated: CIVIL WAR

Photograph By: TEAMOHE

Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org

WILLIAM BENSINGER MEDAL OF HONOR 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.
JOHN PORTER MEDAL OF HONOR 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.


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