Historical Marker Series

Medal of Honor Recipients

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[Marker Front]: In memory of Lieut. Wilson W. Brown, Medal of Honor winner, who is buried here. He joined the famous Andrews Raid to wreck Confederate supply lines. The raiders captured a locomotive, "The General," at Big Shanty, Georgia, on April 12, 18…
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In Memory of Captain Elihu H. Mason (1831-1896), second Medal of Honor winner, who is buried in this cemetery. In the 21st Ohio Volunteer Infantry, during the Civil War, Mr. Mason was on the celebrated Andrews Raid, April 12, 1862, when 18 union soldiers pa…
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Pvt. Mark Wood, Company C,21st Ohio Volunteer InfantryDied July 11, 1866Congressional Medal of Honor winnerPvt. Wood, a union soldier during the Civil War, was a member of the famed Andrews Raiders, who took possession of the Confederate locomotive the "Gen…
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Patriots Point Naval & Maritime MuseumThe South Carolina General Assemblypassed legislation in 1973 enabling the establishment of the Patriots PointAuthority to develop a portion of Hog Island as a national naval museum. Themuseum opened on October 27, 1975…
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Front Cpl. Charles G. AbrellU.S.M.C.Medal of HonorJune 10, 1951Korea Both SidesKorea Back Joseph A. Bray Det. 471Marine Corps League
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[Marker Front]: In Memory ofWilliam Bensinger and John R. Porter ...who are buried here. They joined the famous Andrews Raid to wreck Confederate supply lines. The raiders captured a locomotive, "The General," at Big Shanty, Georgia, on April 12, 1862…
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Born July 25, 1832, near Worthington, Ohio, John Alf Wilson lived at this site. At the age of 29, he enlisted in C. Company, 21st Ohio Volunteer Infantry under General O.M. Mitchell. General Mitchell consented to a dangerous mission led by John Andrews to c…
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Near this site stood the former Custer Homestead of Emanuel and Maria Custer from 1856-1865. For two years it was the boyhood home of Captain Tom Custer, younger brother of famed General George Armstrong Custer. At age 16, Tom misled a recruiter in neighbor…
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Rescued the body of 2nd Lieutenant Benjamin H. Hodgson from within the enemy lines; brought up ammunition and encouraged the men in the most exposed positions under heavy fire in the Little Big Horn River fight. Sergeant Benjamin C. Criswell received th…
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Civil WarCPT David L. Cockley Georgia 1864CPT Joseph S. Hedges Tennessee 1864CPL Smith Larimer Virginia 1865PVT John Henry Ricksecker Tennessee 1864SGT James Wiley Pennsylvania 1863 Indian CampaignsCOL Ret. Walter Matthias Day New Mexico 1879PVT John F. …
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