REDDICK, WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON
Rank and Organization: Corporal, Company B, 33d Ohio Infantry. Place and
Date: Georgia, April 1862. Entered Service At: Ohio. Birth: Alabama. 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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