Raiders
| Rank | Name | Unit | Date of Medal of Honor award | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| James J. Andrews (c. 1829-1862) | No award | Hanged in Atlanta; ineligible as a civilian for the Medal of Honor | ||
| Private | William Bensinger (1840-1918) | 21st Ohio | March 25, 1863 | Exchanged; later promoted to captain |
| Private | Wilson W. Brown (1837-1916) | 21st Ohio | September 17, 1863 | Escaped; later promoted to 2nd lieutenant |
| Private | Robert Buffum (1828-1871) | 21st Ohio | March 25, 1863 | Exchanged; later promoted to 2nd lieutenant |
| William Hunter Campbell (1839-1862) | No award | Hanged; ineligible as a civilian for the Medal of Honor | ||
| Corporal | Daniel Allen Dorsey (1838-1918) | 33rd Ohio | September 17, 1863 | Escaped; later promoted to 2nd lieutenant |
| Corporal | Martin Jones Hawkins (1830-1886) | 33rd Ohio | September 17, 1863 | Overslept and did not participate; escaped; later promoted to sergeant |
| Private | William James Knight (1837-1916) | 21st Ohio | September 17, 1863 | Escaped |
| Corporal | Samuel Llewellyn (1841-1915) | 33rd Ohio | No award | Did not participate; enlisted in a Confederate unit before reaching Marietta; later promoted to sergeant |
| Sergeant | Elihu H. Mason (1831-1896) | 21st Ohio | March 25, 1863 | Exchanged; later promoted to captain |
| Private | Jacob Parrott (1843-1908) | 33rd Ohio | March 25, 1863 | Exchanged; later promoted to 1st lieutenant |
| Corporal | William Pittenger (1840-1904) | 2nd Ohio | March 25, 1863 | Exchanged; later promoted to sergeant |
| Private | John Reed Porter (1838-1923) | 21st Ohio | September 17, 1863 | Overslept and did not participate; escaped; later promoted to 1st lieutenant/ shot later |
| Corporal | William H. H. Reddick (1840-1903) | 33rd Ohio | March 25, 1863 | Exchanged; later promoted to 2nd lieutenant |
| Private | Samuel Robertson (1843-1862) | 33rd Ohio | September 17, 1863 | Hanged as a spy; received award posthumously |
| Sergeant Major | Marion A. Ross (1832-1862) | 2nd Ohio | September 17, 1863 | Hanged as a spy; received award posthumously |
| Sergeant | John Morehead Scott (1839-1862) | 21st Ohio | August 4, 1866 | Hanged as a spy; received award posthumously |
| Private | Charles Perry Shadrack (1840-1862) | 2nd Ohio | No award | Hanged as a spy; real name was Phillip Gephart Shadrach |
| Private | Samuel Slavens (1831-1862) | 33rd Ohio | July 28, 1883 | Hanged as a spy; received award posthumously |
| Private | James Smith (1844-1868), born Ovid Wellford Smith | 2nd Ohio | July 6, 1864 | Did not participate; enlisted in a Confederate unit before reaching Marietta, but was held prisoner in Swims Jail during the Raid; later promoted to corporal |
| Private | George Davenport Wilson (1830-1862) | 2nd Ohio | No award | Hanged as a spy |
| Private | John Alfred Wilson (1832-1904) | 21st Ohio | September 17, 1863 | Escaped |
| Private | John Wollam (1840-1890) | 33rd Ohio | July 20, 1864 | Escaped |
| Private | Mark Wood (1839-1866) | 21st Ohio | September 17, 1863 | Escaped; later promoted to 2nd lieutenant |
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Famous quotes containing the word raiders:
“This is our fate: eight hundred years’ disaster,
crazily tangled like the Book of Kells:
the dream’s distortion and the land’s division,
the midnight raiders and the prison cells.”
—John Hewitt (b. 1907)