Medal of Honor
April 1862
Georgia, USA
- Rank at action
- Private
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- U.S. Civil War
- Unit or command
- Company C, 21st Ohio Infantry
The Citation
Sources ↓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., and attempted to destroy the bridges and track between Chattanooga and Atlanta.
Sources & record notes
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- Mark Wood — Congressional Medal of Honor Society recipient profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-09-01
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Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
- Award ID
- MOH-AW-003078
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-09-01
- Entered service at
- Portage, Ohio
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- 86839f505b1e45b34367db4c93354f16d0c8af32d93089c2389d3ccccab143e1
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; rendered current reference profile comparison is documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
The official profile documents only April 1862; the encoded month boundaries preserve month precision and do not assert an exact day.