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PVT. WILLIAM J. KNIGHT MEDAL OF HONOR WAR MEMORIAL PLAQUE

PVT. WILLIAM J. KNIGHT MEDAL OF HONOR WAR MEMORIAL PLAQUE
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Location: EAST MAIN STREET AND MAPLE STREET

City: APPLE CREEK

State: Ohio

Zip Code: 44606

Type of Memorial: Medal of Honor Plaques

Access: Public

Wars Commemorated: CIVIL WAR

Photograph By: COSMOS MARINER

Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org

For extraordinary heroism on April, 1862, in action during the Andrew’s Raid in Georgia. Private Knight was one of the 19 of 22 men (including two civilians) who, by direction of General Mitchell (or Buell), penetrated nearly 200 miles south into enemy territory and captured a railroad train at Big Shanty, Georgia, in an attempt to destroy the bridges and track between Chattanooga and Atlanta.

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