PROFILE of
JOHN W. WAGNER |
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8th MO Infantry (US)
Company F |
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Zigzag Union trenches at Vicksburg |
John W. Wagner received the Congressional Medal of Honor.
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| WAR DEPARTMENT INFORMATION |
| BIRTH |
1844 at Clear Spring, Maryland |
| ENTERED SERVICE AT |
St. Louis, Missouri |
| RANK/ORGANIZATION |
Corporal, Company F, 8th Missouri Infantry |
| MOH CITATION |
Gallantry in the charge of the "volunteer storming party." |
| PLACE/DATE |
At Vicksburg, Mississippi; 22 May 1863 |
| DATE OF ISSUE |
14 December 1894 |
| extracted from www.army.mil |
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