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

Medal of Honor

to

 

HOWARD, JAMES

Rank and Organization: Sergeant, Company K, 158th New York Infantry. Place and Date: At Battery Gregg, near Petersburg, Va., 2 April 1865. Birth: Newton, N.J. Date of Issue: 12 May 1865.

Citation:

Carried the colors in advance of the line of battle, the flagstaff being shot off while he was planting it on the parapet of the fort.

 

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