Participants in the Great Locomotive Chase, or Andrews's Raid, 1862.
Image | Rank | Name | Unit | Following Raid | Medal of Honor | Notes | |
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Civilian | (c. 1829 – 1862) | None | Captured; tried May; escaped June 1; recaptured June 2; hanged June 7, 1862 | Ineligible as a civilian | Leader of the raid | ||
(1840–1918) | 21st Ohio | Exchanged March 18, 1863 | Later promoted to captain | ||||
(1837–1916) | 21st Ohio | Escaped October 16 | Engineer. Later promoted to 2nd lieutenant. Wounded at the Battle of Chickamauga. | ||||
(1828–1871) | 21st Ohio | Exchanged March 18, 1863 | Later promoted to 2nd lieutenant | ||||
Civilian | (1839–1862) | None | Hanged June 18, 1862 | Ineligible as a civilian | |||
(1838–1918) | 33rd Ohio | Escaped October 16 | Later promoted to 1st lieutenant | ||||
(1830–1886) | 33rd Ohio | Escaped October 16 | Engineer. Overslept and did not participate; attempted to enlist in Confederate unit; later promoted to sergeant | ||||
(1837–1916) | 21st Ohio | Escaped October 16 | Engineer. | ||||
(1841–1915) | 33rd Ohio | Deserted back to Federal lines prior to Raid | No award | Did not participate; enlisted in a Confederate unit before reaching Marietta; later promoted to sergeant | |||
Elihu H. Mason (1831–1896) | 21st Ohio | Exchanged March 18, 1863 | Later promoted to captain. Later captured in Battle of Chickamauga. | ||||
Jacob Parrott (1843–1908) | 33rd Ohio | Exchanged March 18, 1863 | Later promoted to 1st lieutenant | ||||
William Pittenger (1840–1904) | 2nd Ohio | Exchanged March 18, 1863 | Later promoted to sergeant | ||||
John Reed Porter (1838–1923) | 21st Ohio | Escaped October 16 | Overslept and did not participate; attempted to enlist in Confederate unit; later promoted to 1st lieutenant; last living raider | ||||
William H. H. Reddick (1840–1903) | 33rd Ohio | Exchanged March 18, 1863 | Later promoted to 2nd lieutenant | ||||
Samuel Robertson (1843–1862) | 33rd Ohio | Hanged June 18, 1862 | Received award posthumously | ||||
Marion A. Ross (1832–1862) | 2nd Ohio | Hanged June 18, 1862 | Received award posthumously | ||||
John Morehead Scott (1839–1862) | 21st Ohio | Hanged June 18, 1862 | Received award posthumously | ||||
Charles Perry Shadrack (1840–1862) | 2nd Ohio | Hanged June 18, 1862 | July 3, 2024 | Real name was Phillip Gephart Shadrach. MOH authorized under Public Law January 28, 2008 (H.R. 4986; sec 564), however, by omission, this was not awarded until 2024. | |||
Samuel Slavens (1831–1862) | 33rd Ohio | Hanged June 18, 1862 | Received award posthumously | ||||
(1844–1868) | 2nd Ohio | Arrested but not identified as a raider. Somehow returned to federal lines. | Used name James Smith. Did not participate because he was detained by Confederate Army. Enlisted in a Confederate unit before reaching Marietta.[1] Later promoted to corporal. | ||||
(1830–1862) | 2nd Ohio | Hanged June 18, 1862 | July 3, 2024 | MOH authorized under Public Law January 28, 2008 (H.R. 4986; sec 565) however, by omission, this was not awarded until 2024. | |||
John Alfred Wilson (1832–1904) | 21st Ohio | Escaped October 16 | |||||
(1840–1890) | 33rd Ohio | Captured. Escaped June 1. Recaptured late June. Escaped again October 16. | Later captured in Battle of Chickamauga. | ||||
Mark Wood (1839–1866) | 21st Ohio | Escaped October 16 | Later captured in Battle of Chickamauga. Promoted to 2nd lieutenant. |