SGT Samuel Slavens Company E 33rd Ohio Infantry - Chattanooga, TN
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N 35° 02.056 W 085° 17.197
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SGT Slavens was a member of the Andrews Raiders, the team that "stole" a locomotive form the Confederate Army in GA
Waymark Code: WM231X
Location: Tennessee, United States
Date Posted: 08/27/2007
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SGT Slavens was on of the first people to be awarded the Medal of Honor.
Four recipients are buried here together at the monument to the Raiders.
Rank and organization: Private, Company E, 33d Ohio Infantry. Place and date: Georgia, April 1862. Entered service at: Wakefield, Pike County, Ohio. Birth: Pike County, Ohio. Date of issue: 28 July 1883. 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.
Armed Service: Army
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