Samuel Slavens
Samuel Slavens ( – June 18, 1862) was a participant in the Andrew's Raid and a recipient of the Medal of Honor. Biography 
Slavens' birth is often disputed, with most sources listing it as 1830 or 1831. He was born in Pike County, Ohio. He served as a private in Company E of the 33rd Ohio Infantry. In April of 1862, he was one of 22 Union soldiers who took part in the Great Locomotive Chase in Georgia under the direction of civilian scout James J. Andrews. Slavens was one of eight raiders including Andrews to be executed for spying. Samuel Slavens was hanged on June 18, 1862, in Atlanta, Georgia, and posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor in 1883. He was buried in Atlanta and was later reburied in Chattanooga National Cemetery. Medal of Honor citation 
On July 28, 1883, Slavens was posthumously issued the Medal of Honor for being one of 22 men (including two civilians) who, by direction of General Mitchell (or Buell), penetrated nearly 200 miles south into enemy territory and captured a railroad train at Big Shanty, Georgia, in an attempt to destroy the bridges and track between Chattanooga and Atlanta. References 

1830s births
1862 deaths
American Civil War recipients of the Medal of Honor
American people convicted of spying for the United States by the Confederate States of America
Union Army soldiers
People from Pike County, Ohio
United States Army personnel who were court-martialed
Union military personnel killed in the American Civil War
People executed by the Confederate States of America by hanging
Executed military personnel
Executed spies