Unit/Command: Company F, 133d Ohio National Guard Infantry
Military Service Branch: U.S. Army
Medal of Honor Action Date: June 16, 1864
Medal of Honor Action Place: near the Richmond & Petersburg Railway, Virginia, USA
Citation
Voluntarily returned to the breastworks, which his regiment had been forced to abandon, to notify three missing companies that the regiment was falling back; found the enemy already in the works, refused a demand to surrender, returning to his command under a concentrated fire, several bullets passing through his hat and clothing.
Medal of Honor Recipient Joseph O. Gregg
Additional Details
Accredited to: Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio
Awarded Posthumously: No
Presentation Date & Details: May 13, 1899
Born: January 5, 1841, Lithopolis, Fairfield County, OH, United States
Died: February 25, 1930, Columbus, OH, United States
Buried: Lithopolis Cemetery (MH) (54-2), Lithopolis, OH, United States
Location of Medal:
Ohio Historical Society, Columbus, OH