Military Heroes · Episode 1 · 11:46
Episode 1 - The First Medal of Honor:
Jacob Parrott
An AI education video made by AI Video Production Company (AVPC): the first episode of Military Heroes, our series on Medal of Honor recipients told in chronological order.
About this episode
How an 18-year-old private became Medal of Honor #1.
In April 1862, a small group of Union volunteers in civilian clothes slipped about 200 miles into Confederate territory, stole a locomotive called the General, and raced north toward Chattanooga. Behind them came one of the most stubborn pursuers in American history.
The raid failed. But one of the youngest raiders, 18-year-old Private Jacob Parrott of the 33rd Ohio, would become the first person ever to receive the Medal of Honor.
Some details differ between sources, including exact dates, head counts, and who did what. We note those differences on screen where they matter.
Chapters
- 0:00The first medal
- 0:40A medal, and a mission
- 2:39Big Shanty: stealing the General
- 4:03The Great Locomotive Chase
- 5:44Captured: over one hundred lashes
- 6:59Prison, the gallows, and escape
- 8:01March 25, 1863
- 9:02Wait, wasn't someone first? (Bernard Irwin)
- 9:54The rest of Jacob Parrott's life
- 11:06Next time on Military Heroes
Military Heroes Short · 54 s
He Wouldn't Talk
He was 18, captured behind enemy lines, and he refused to talk. Meet the first person ever to receive the Medal of Honor.
Music: "Sad Trio" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0.
How it was made
An AI education video, built on real sources.
Reenactment scenes are AI-generated illustrations. Real people appear only in archival public-domain or CC0 images. Maps, timelines and title cards were drawn for the episode, the narration uses an AI voice, and captions are built into the video.
This is the kind of learning content we make on our AI education videos service.
Sources
- Congressional Medal of Honor Society
- National Archives, Prologue (2001)
- U.S. Army / DoD News
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs NCA
- Parrott's 1863 deposition (Ohio Boys in Dixie, 1863)
- Georgia Historical Society
- Ohio Statehouse
- AMEDD Center of History & Heritage
- PBS American Valor
Credits
Music by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
- "Sad Trio" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
- "Bittersweet" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
- "Heartbreaking" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Archival images: Library of Congress, National Portrait Gallery (CC0), U.S. Army (Army Heritage Museum medal photo), Internet Archive Book Images, Wikimedia Commons (public domain / CC0). Reenactment scenes are AI-generated illustrations.
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