Congressional Medal of Honor Society
Stories of Sacrifice
U.S. Civil War - U.S. Army
George Wilhelm
Details
- Rank: Captain (Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel)
- Conflict/Era: U.S. Civil War
- Unit/Command:
Company F,
56th Ohio Infantry - Military Service Branch: U.S. Army
- Medal of Honor Action Date: May 16, 1863
- Medal of Honor Action Place: Champion Hill or Baker's Creek, Mississippi, USA
Citation
Having been badly wounded in the breast and captured, he made a prisoner of his captor and brought him into camp.
Additional Details
- Accredited to: Lancaster, Fairfield County, Ohio
- Awarded Posthumously: No
- Presentation Date & Details: November 17, 1887
- Born: April 2, 1829, Scioto County, OH, United States
- Died: August 20, 1920, Dayton, OH, United States
- Buried: Greenville Cemetery (112-194) , Greenville, MS, United States