Christiansburg in Champaign County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
Sgt. Major Marion A. Ross
Photographed by Craig Doda, September 6, 2025
1. Sgt. Major Marion A. Ross Marker
Sgt. Major
Marion A. Ross
Co. A 2nd OVI
Andrews Raider
Medal of Honor
Awarded Posthumously
Sept 1863
Member of
Mt. Olivet Lodge 226
Junior Deacon
Initiated May 29, 1855
Passed July 11, 1855
Raised Aug. 4, 1855
Topics and series. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil. In addition, it is included in the Medal of Honor Recipients series list.
Location. 40° 3.39′ N, 84° 1.54′ W. Memorial is in Christiansburg, Ohio, in Champaign County. It is at the intersection of North Main Street and East First Street, on the right when traveling north on North Main Street. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 106 N Main Street, Christiansburg OH 45389, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial is in Ohio’s Till Plains. It is also in the American Midwest and in the Corn Belt. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, and the Northwest Territory.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 6 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Christiansburg Veterans Memorial (here, next to this marker); Veterans Memorial Gazebo (a few steps from this marker); Marion A. Ross (approx. Ό mile away); McKendree Chapel Cemetery (approx. 4.3 miles away); Brigadier General John Webb (approx. 5.1 miles away); Elizabeth Township (approx. 5.6 miles away);
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Also see . . . Marion A. Ross (Wikipedia). Excerpt:
Marion A. Ross (October 9, 1832 June 18, 1862) was a sergeant major of the United States Army who was awarded the Medal of Honor for gallantry during the American Civil War. He was posthumously awarded the medal in September 1863 for actions performed during the Great Locomotive Chase in April 1862.(Submitted on September 19, 2025.)
His Medal of Honor citation reads:
The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pride in presenting the Medal of Honor (Posthumously) to Sergeant Major Marion A. Ross, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism on April, 1862, while serving with Company G, 21st Ohio Infantry, in action during the Andrew's Raid in Georgia. Sergeant Major Ross was one of 19 of 22 men (including two civilians) who, by direction of General Mitchell (or Buell), penetrated nearly 200 miles south into the enemy's territory and captured a railroad train at Big Shanty, Georgia, in an attempt to destroy the bridges and track between Chattanooga and Atlanta.
E. M. Stanton, Secretary of War
Photographed by Craig Doda, September 6, 2025
2. Sgt. Major Marion A. Ross Marker
Additional keywords. Andrews Raider
Photographed by Craig Doda, September 6, 2025
3. Sgt. Major Marion A. Ross Marker
Photographed by Craig Doda, September 6, 2025
4. Christiansburg Veterans Memorial Park
Credits. This page was last revised on September 19, 2025. It was originally submitted on September 12, 2025, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. This page has been viewed 89 times since then and 25 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on September 12, 2025, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.
