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

Medal of Honor

to

 

*SCOTT, JOHN MOREHEAD

Rank and Organization: Sergeant, Company F, 21st Ohio Infantry. Place and Date: Georgia, April 1862. Entered Service At: Finley, Ohio. Birth: Stark County, Ohio. Date Of Issue: 4 August 1866.

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., and attempted to destroy the bridges and track between Chattanooga and Atlanta.

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