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First Sergeant · U.S. Army

Alfred Ransbottom

First Sergeant Alfred Ransbottom, Army, received the Medal of Honor for actions on November 30, 1864 in Franklin, Tennessee during the Civil War.

U.S. Civil War November 30, 1864

First Sergeant Alfred Ransbottom was a soldier in the U.S. Army who received the Medal of Honor for his actions on November 30, 1864 in Franklin, Tennessee during the Civil War. At the time he was serving with Company K, 97th Ohio Infantry. Ransbottom was about 33 years old.

13 other service members also received the Medal of Honor for actions on the same day. The medal was presented on February 24, 1865.

Ransbottom was born in 1831 in South Zanesville, Delaware County, Ohio. His Medal of Honor is credited to Nashport, Muskingum County, Ohio. Ransbottom died on April 14, 1893 in Springfield Township, Ohio, at the age of about 62. He is buried at Roseville Cemetery in Roseville, Ohio.

Ransbottom is one of 1,525 Medal of Honor recipients from the Civil War and one of 256 credited to Ohio.

★ Flags & Colors

Official Medal of Honor citation

Captured the flag of the 2d Mississippi Infantry (C.S.A.), in a hand-to-hand fight with the color bearer.

Citation text: U.S. Government, public domain.

Timeline

  1. 1831
    Born in South Zanesville, Delaware County, Ohio
  2. November 30, 1864
    Act of valor — Franklin, Tennessee
    Age about 33. Company K, 97th Ohio Infantry
  3. February 24, 1865
    Medal of Honor presented
  4. April 14, 1893
    Died in Springfield Township, Ohio
    Age about 62.
  5. Resting place
    Roseville Cemetery
    Roseville, Ohio

Also honored for actions on November 30, 1864

OB Orson W. Bennett First Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1864 JB John Harties Brown Captain · Army Civil War · 1864 Thomas Foulds Ellsworth Captain · Army Civil War · 1864 JG John C. Gaunt Private · Army Civil War · 1864 GG George Edward Gouraud Captain & Aide-de-Camp · Army Civil War · 1864 Abraham Greenawalt Private · Army Civil War · 1864 NH Newton H. Hall Corporal · Army Civil War · 1864 George V. Kelley Captain · Army Civil War · 1864 JM James K. Merrifield Corporal · Army Civil War · 1864 JR John Henry Ricksecker Private · Army Civil War · 1864 Andrew Jackson Smith Corporal · Army Civil War · 1864 ✦ David Sloane Stanley Major General · Army Civil War · 1864

See all 14 recipients for November 30, 1864 →

More Civil War recipients from Ohio

William Henry Powell Major · Army Civil War · 1862 FD Freeman Davis Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1863 Wager Swayne Lieutenant Colonel · Army Civil War · 1862 Charles H. McCleary First Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1864 Philip G. Shadrach Private · Army Civil War · 1862 ✦ JV Joseph van Matre Private · Army Civil War · 1865
Sources. Service and award details compiled from the recipient record of the Congressional Medal of Honor Society. The narrative summary is generated from these records. Spotted an error? Send a correction.