The President of the United States
in the name of
The Congress
takes pleasure in presenting the

Medal of Honor

to

 

ELSON, JAMES M.

Rank and Organization: Sergeant, Company C, lowa Infantry. Place and Date: At Vicksburg, Miss., 22 May 1863. Entered Service At: Shells burg, lowa. Birth: Coshocton, Ohio. Date of Issue: 12 September 1891.

Citation:

Carried the colors in advance of his regiment and was shot down while attempting to plant them on the enemy's works.

 

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