serviceyears branch death_place death_date birth_place allegiance unit awards battles birth_date placeofburial rank article_title name
1861 - 1864 usa toledo , ohio july 11 , 1866 nottingham , england united states of america 1861 ohio company c , 21st ohio infantry medal of honor ribbon.svg medal of honor great locomotive chase american civil war september 22 , 1839 toledo , ohio second lieutenant mark wood -lrb- medal of honor -rrb-
 mark wood
mark wood -lrb- medal of honor -rrb-

mark wood -lrb- september 22 , 1839 - july 11 , 1866 -rrb- was an american soldier who fought in the american civil war .
wood received his country 's highest award for bravery during combat , the medal of honor , for his role in the celebrated great locomotive chase .
wood and a fellow participant in the raid , john a. wilson , were captured close to union lines in stevenson , alabama after they abandoned `` the general '' .
wood and wilson escaped from captivity and after sailing down the chattahoochee river , were rescued by a union ship .
he was honored with the award on may 12 , 1865 .
wood joined the army from portage , ohio in august 1861 .
he was captured a second time at the battle of chickamauga , but paroled several days later .
he was commissioned as a second lieutenant in march 1864 , and discharged due to disability the following november .
wood was buried in toledo , ohio .
