PVT. WILLIAM JAMES KNIGHT MEDAL OF HONOR GRAVESTONE
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Listing Details
Type of Memorial: Medal of Honor Grave Stones
Access: Cemetery
Wars Commemorated: CIVIL WAR
Photograph By: DALE K. BENINGTON
Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org
For extraordinary heroism on April, 1862, in action during the Andrew’s Raid in Georgia. Private Knight was one of the 19 of 22 men (including two civilians) who, by direction of General Mitchell (or Buell), penetrated nearly 200 miles south into enemy territory and captured a railroad train at Big Shanty, Georgia, in an attempt to destroy the bridges and track between Chattanooga and Atlanta.
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