| 词条 | William Bensinger |
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|name = William Bensinger |image = William Bensinger.jpg |birth_date ={{birth date|1840|01|14}} |death_date ={{death date and age|1918|12|19|1840|01|14}} |birth_place =Waynesburg, Ohio |death_place = McComb, Ohio |placeofburial = |allegiance ={{flag|United States of America|1861}} |branch ={{army|USA}} |serviceyears =1861 - 1866 |rank =Captain |unit ={{Flagicon|Ohio}} Company G, 21st Ohio Infantry |battles = Great Locomotive Chase |awards ={{Flagicon image|Medal of Honor ribbon.svg}} Medal of Honor }}William Bensinger (January 14, 1840 to December 19, 1918) was an American soldier who fought for the Union in the American Civil War. On March 25, 1863, he was the second person given the country's highest award for bravery during combat, the Medal of Honor, for his actions during the Great Locomotive Chase in Georgia in April 1862.[1] BiographyBensinger was born on January 14, 1840 in Waynesburg, Ohio and enlisted into the 21st Ohio Infantry at Hancock County, Ohio.[2] He was among a group of Ohio men (19 soldiers and 2 civilians) who volunteered for a secret mission to disrupt Confederate communication. In April, this group led by James J. Andrews, which later came to be called Andrews' Raiders, boarded a train in Georgia. On April 12, after it stopped in Big Shanty, they commandeered its engine and three boxcars and headed toward Chattanooga, Tennessee. Pursued by the Confederates, they destroyed track and telegraph lines along the way. They never made it to Chattanooga and abandoned the engine, before all were captured within a week. Some were hanged and some, including Bensinger, were taken to prison camp.[3] He eventually escaped and arrived in Washington, D.C., later moving to McComb, Ohio, where he died on December 19, 1918.[2] Medal of Honor citation{{quotation|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.[1]}}See also{{Portal|Biography|United States Army|American Civil War}}
References1. ^1 {{Cite web |url=http://www.history.army.mil/html/moh/civwaral.html |title=Civil War (A-L) Medal of Honor Recipients |accessdate=24 August 2013}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Bensinger, William}}2. ^1 {{Cite web |url=http://projects.militarytimes.com/citations-medals-awards/recipient.php?recipientid=3127 |title=Military Times Hall of Valor |accessdate=24 August 2013}} 3. ^{{Cite web |url=http://www.ohiocivilwar150.org/omeka/items/show/1725 |title=William Bensinger's Sword |accessdate=24 August 2013}} 8 : 1840 births|1918 deaths|People of Ohio in the American Civil War|Union Army soldiers|United States Army Medal of Honor recipients|American Civil War recipients of the Medal of Honor|People from Waynesburg, Ohio|People from Hancock County, Ohio |
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