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Photographer: Don Morfe
Taken: June 18, 2002
Caption:
William Bensinger grave site | Additional Description: Medal of Honor information and citation: BENSINGER, WILLIAM (2d to receive Medal of Honor)
• Rank and organization: Private, Company G, 21st Ohio Infantry
• Place and date: Georgia, April 1862
• Entered service at: Hancock County, Ohio
• Date of issue: 25 March 1863
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.
Submitted: October 8, 2017, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland.
Database Locator Identification Number: p400332
File Size: 0.244 Megabytes
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