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Medal of Honor Recipient

Samuel Slavens

U.S. Army · Civil War

MOH-RC-003017Source-based record

The award

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Army Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1862

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Medal of Honor

April 1862

Georgia, USA

Rank at action
Private
Service
U.S. Army
Conflict
Civil War
Unit or command
Company E, 33d Ohio Infantry

The Citation

Sources ↓
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.

Sources & record notes

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Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
Award ID
MOH-AW-003032
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-09-01
Entered service at
Wakefield, Pike County, Ohio
Archive transcription SHA-256
ee1347e2fbf05d6c693df3c672302d3c2dce5134e365155b4409b9fae7360065

Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; rendered current reference profile comparison is documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.

The reference profile supplies only April 1862. Month precision is encoded explicitly; no exact day is inferred.