IN MEMORY OF MARION A. ROSS WAR MEMORIAL MARKER
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
— E. M. Stanton, Secretary of War
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Listing Details
- Public
- CIVIL WAR
- Medal of Honor Wayside Memorial
- 1986
- WEST PIKE STREET AND WILSON STREET
- 45389
- DALE K. BENINGTON
- COURTESY OF HMdb.org
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