COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Two Ohio Civil War soldiers, who played crucial roles in one of the earliest covert military operations that became the subject of a classic Hollywood silent film, finally ...
President Joe Biden on Wednesday awarded the Medal of Honor for conspicuous gallantry to two Union soldiers who stole a locomotive deep in Confederate territory during the Civil War and drove it north ...
Wilson, a Belmont County native who served in Company B of the 2nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment out of Warren County, was in his early 30s when the raid happened. Before enlisting, he was a ...
It took 162 years for a man who enlisted in Warren County to fight for the Union in the Civil War to receive the nation’s highest military honor for a mission so audacious it inspired Hollywood films.
On April 12, 1862, a group of Union soldiers from Ohio regiments stole a locomotive in Georgia and rode it north, destroying track and telegraph lines in their wake. The plan, masterminded by Kentucky ...
On April 12, 1862, a group of Union soldiers stole a locomotive in Georgia and rode it north, destroying track and telegraph lines in their wake. The plan, masterminded by Kentucky civilian scout ...
To officially kick-off the 2025 Medal of Honor Celebration in Chattanooga, the Coolidge National Medal of Honor Heritage Center and the Congressional Medal of Honor Society, in partnership with CSX, ...