Civil War
John Wallace Scott
Captain · U.S. Army
Company D, 157th Pennsylvania Infantry
1 April 1865 · Five Forks, Virginia
Public domain. Unknown author Unknown author Source file
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Era
- Civil War
- Home state
- Pennsylvania
- Action
- Five Forks, Virginia
The citation
Official citation
Capture of the flag of the 16th South Carolina Infantry, in hand_to_hand combat.
Sources
- U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index
- Wikipedia. Linked only. The article text is not copied here.