Medal of Honor
1862-05
Georgia, USA
- Rank at action
- Private
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- U.S. Civil War
- Unit or command
- Company G, 21st Ohio Infantry
The Citation
Sources ↓One of 19 of 24 men (including two civilians) who, by direction of Gen. Ormsby M. Mitchell, 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 Chattanaooga and Atlanta.
Preserved earlier transcription
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 & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- William Bensinger — Congressional Medal of Honor Society recipient profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-09-01
current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison
Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
- Award ID
- MOH-AW-002801
- Transcription status
- Current Society citation · legacy wording preserved
- Last source check
- 2026-09-01
- Entered service at
- Hancock County, Ohio
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- 167b78508af015bcdf62c8a1566697a9a280bab33d1ed50b21041c70dd8d6d97
Current rendered Society citation adopted as the canonical display wording; the complete legacy transcription and checksum remain preserved in the award and evidence records.
Current official citation corrects the inherited “19 of 22” wording to “19 of 24” and regularizes other wording.