PVT Samuel Robertson, Company G ,33rd Ohio Infantry - Chattanooga , TN
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PVT Samuel Robertson was a member of the Andrews Raiders, the team that "stole" a locomotive form the Confederate Army in GA
Waymark Code: WM231Y
Location: Tennessee, United States
Date Posted: 08/27/2007
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PVT Samuel Robertson 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 G, 33d Ohio Infantry.
Place and date: Georgia, April 1862.
Entered service at: Boarneville, Ross County, Ohio.
Birth: Muskingum County, 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 tracks between Chattanooga and Atlanta
Armed Service: Army
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