Thomas Guinn: Difference between revisions
→References: add defaultsort |
Woohookitty (talk | contribs) m WPCleaner (v1.09) Repaired link to disambiguation page - (You can help) - Private / Fixed using WP:WCW - Template with Unicode control characters |
||
| Line 3: | Line 3: | ||
|birth_date = {{Birth date|1836|3|5}} |
|birth_date = {{Birth date|1836|3|5}} |
||
|death_date = {{Death date and age|1908|9|12|1836|3|5}} |
|death_date = {{Death date and age|1908|9|12|1836|3|5}} |
||
|image= [[File:US-MOH-1862. |
|image= [[File:US-MOH-1862.png|alt=Civil War era Medal of Honor]] |
||
|birth_place = [[Clinton County, Ohio]] |
|birth_place = [[Clinton County, Ohio]] |
||
|death_place = [[Ohio]] |
|death_place = [[Ohio]] |
||
| Line 10: | Line 10: | ||
|allegiance = [[United States]] |
|allegiance = [[United States]] |
||
|branch =[[United States Army]]<br/>[[Union Army]] |
|branch =[[United States Army]]<br/>[[Union Army]] |
||
| rank = [[Private]] |
| rank = [[Private (rank)|Private]] |
||
| unit = Company D, 47th Ohio Infantry |
| unit = Company D, 47th Ohio Infantry |
||
| battles = [[American Civil War]]<br/>{{*}} [[Siege of Vicksburg]] |
| battles = [[American Civil War]]<br/>{{*}} [[Siege of Vicksburg]] |
||
Revision as of 10:05, 4 August 2011
Thomas Guinn | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Born | March 5, 1836 Clinton County, Ohio |
| Died | September 12, 1908 (aged 72) Ohio |
| Place of burial | Springlawn Cemetery, New Paris, Ohio |
| Allegiance | United States |
| Service | United States Army Union Army |
| Rank | Private |
| Unit | Company D, 47th Ohio Infantry |
| Battles / wars | American Civil War • Siege of Vicksburg |
| Awards | Medal of Honor |
Thomas Guinn (1836 – 1908) was a Union Army soldier during the American Civil War. He received the Medal of Honor for gallantry during the Siege of Vicksburg on May 22, 1863.
Union assault
On May 22, 1863, General Ulysses S. Grant ordered an assault on the Confederate heights at Vicksburg, Mississippi. The plan called for a storming party of volunteers to build a bridge across a moat and plant scaling ladders against the enemy embankment in advance of the main attack. The volunteers knew the odds were against survival and the mission was called, in nineteenth century vernacular, a "forlorn hope". Only single men were accepted as volunteers and even then, twice as many men as needed came forward and were turned away. The assault began in the early morning following a naval bombardment. The Union soldiers came under enemy fire immediately and were pinned down in the ditch they were to cross. Despite repeated attacks by the main Union body, the men of the forlorn hope were unable to retreat until nightfall. Of the 150 men in the storming party, nearly half were killed. Seventy-nine of the survivors were awarded the Medal of Honor.
Medal of Honor citation
“For gallantry in the charge of the volunteer storming party on 22 May 1863.”
See also
External links
References
- "Thomas Guinn". Hall of Valor. Military Times.