Congressional Medal of Honor Society
Stories of Sacrifice
U.S. Civil War - U.S. Army
Jacob F Yeager
Details
- Rank: Private
- Conflict/Era: U.S. Civil War
- Unit/Command:
Company H,
101st Ohio Infantry - Military Service Branch: U.S. Army
- Medal of Honor Action Date: May 11, 1864
- Medal of Honor Action Place: Buzzard's Roost, Georgia, USA
Citation
Seized a shell with fuse burning that had fallen in the ranks of his company and threw it into a stream, thereby probably saving his comrades from injury.
Additional Details
- Accredited to: Tiffin, Seneca County, Ohio
- Awarded Posthumously: No
- Presentation Date & Details: August 3, 1897
- Born: January 27, 1841, New Texas, Lehigh County, PA, United States
- Died: November 13, 1909
- Buried: Greenlawn Cemetery (MH) (27-10), Tiffin, OH, United States