PARROTT, JACOB
Rank and Organization: Private, Company K, 33d Ohio Infantry. Place and Date:
Georgia, April 1862. Entered Service At: Hardin County, Ohio. Birth: 17 July
1843, Fairfield County, Ohio. 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 tracks between
Chattanooga and Atlanta.
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