Unit/Command: Company G, 6th Pennsylvania Reserves
Military Service Branch: U.S. Army
Medal of Honor Action Date: July 2, 1863
Medal of Honor Action Place: Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, USA
Citation
With five other volunteers gallantly charged on a number of the enemy's sharpshooters concealed in a log house, captured them, and brought them into the Union lines.
Medal of Honor Recipient Wallace W. Johnson
Additional Details
Accredited to: Waverly, Tioga County, New York
Awarded Posthumously: No
Presentation Date & Details: August 8, 1900
Born: December 30, 1842, Newfield, Thompkins County, NY, United States
Died: December 30, 1911, Walter's Park, PA, United States
Buried: West Laurel Hill Cemetery (MH) (Edgewood-174-1), Bala Cynwyd, PA, United States
Location of Medal:
Gettysburg Museum and Visitor Center, National Cemetery (1896 & 1904 designs), Gettysburg, PA