b. 25/07/1833 Columbus, Ohio. d. 28/03/1904 Perrysburg, Ohio.
DATE OF MOH ACTION: 12/04/1862 Georgia.
John A Wilson MOH
Wilson was born in Columbus, Ohio, on July 25, 1833. He served in the 21st Ohio Infantry as a private. He participated in the Great Locomotive Chase in April 1862. Following the war he wrote a book entitled “Adventures of Alf Wilson – A Thrilling Episode of the Dark Days of the Rebellion”. He died on March 28, 1904, and is buried in Union Hill Cemetery, Bowling Green, Ohio.
MOH 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.
BURIAL LOCATION: UNION HILL CEMETERY, BOWLING GREEN, OHIO.
LOT 174.
LOCATION OF MEDAL: UNKNOWN.
