McComb-McComb, OH
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Don.Morfe
N 41° 06.403 W 083° 48.106
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Sign honors two Medal of Honor Recipients, William Bensinger and John Porter. It is located near their graves in McComb Cemetery.
Waymark Code: WMWRT7
Location: Ohio, United States
Date Posted: 10/08/2017
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McComb-Home of William Bensinger and John R. Porter among first winners of Medal of Honor in the Civil War. Their Medal of Honor information and citation for each is:
BENSINGER, WILLIAM (2d to receive Medal of Honor)
• Rank and organization: Private, Company G, 21st Ohio Infantry
• Place and date: Georgia, April 1862
• Entered service at: Hancock County, Ohio
• Date of issue: 25 March 1863
Citation: One of the 19 of 22 men (including 2 civilians) who, by direction of Gen. Mitchell (or Buell), penetrated nearly 200 miles south into enemy territory and captured a railroad train at Big Shanty, Ga., in an attempt to destroy the bridges and track between Chattanooga and Atlanta.
PORTER, JOHN R.
• Rank and organization: Private, Company G, 2 1st Ohio Infantry
• Place and date: Georgia, April 1862
• Entered service at: Findley, Ohio
• Date of issue: September 1863
Citation: One of the 19 of 22 men (including 2 civilians) who, by direction of Gen. Mitchell (or Buell), penetrated nearly 200 miles south into enemy territory and captured a railroad train at Big Shanty, Ga., in an attempt to destroy the bridges and track between Chattanooga and Atlanta.
Type of community: Town
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