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
