WILLIAM H. REDDICK

WILLIAM H. REDDICK

U.S. Army

WILLIAM H. REDDICK

Rank:

Corporal

Conflict/Era:

U.S. Civil War

Unit/Command:

Company B, 33d Ohio Infantry

Military Service Branch:

U.S. Army

Medal of Honor Action Date:

April 1862

Medal of Honor Action Place:

Georgia

Citation:

One of 19 of 24 men (including two civilians) who, by direction of Gen. Ormsby M. Mitchell, 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.

Additional Information:

Awarded Posthumously:

No

Born:

September 18, 1840, Locust Grove, Adams County, Ohio

Died:

November 8, 1903, Letts, Iowa