William Pittinger
Born: January 31, 1840 at Knoxville, Ohio
Home Town: Steubenville, Ohio
Status: POW
Date of Issue: March 23, 1863
The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Sergeant William Pittinger, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism on April, 1862, while serving with Company G, 21st Ohio Infantry, in action during the Andrew’s Raid in Georgia. Sergeant Pittinger was one of the 19 of 22 men (including two civilians) who, by direction of General Mitchell (or Buell), penetrated nearly 200 miles south into enemy territory and captured a railroad train at Big Shanty, Georgia, in an attempt to destroy the bridges and tract between Chattanooga and Atlanta.
