SGT. MAJOR MARION A. ROSS MEDAL OF HONOR MEMORIAL
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Type of Memorial: Medal of Honor War Memorials
Access: Public
Wars Commemorated: CIVIL WAR
Photograph By: CRAIG DODA
Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org
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.
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