George W. Walton

Branch

U.S. Army

Era

Civil War

Home state

Pennsylvania

Action

Fort Hell, Petersburg, Virginia

The citation

Official citation

Went outside the trenches, under heavy fire at short range, and rescued a comrade who had been wounded and thrown out of the trench by an exploding shell.

Sources

• U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index
• Wikipedia. Linked only. The article text is not copied here.