The President of the United States
in the name of
The Congress
takes pleasure in presenting the

Medal of Honor

to

 

MASON, ELIHU H.

Rank and Organization: Sergeant, Company K, 21st Ohio Infantry. Place and Date: Georgia, April 1862. Entered Service At: Pemberville, Wood County, Ohio. Birth: Wayne County, Ind. Date Of Issue: 25 March 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 track between Chattanooga and Atlanta.

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