JUDGE, FRANCIS W.
Rank and Organization: First Sergeant, Company K, 79th New York Infantry. Place
and Date: At Fort Sanders, Knoxville, Tenn., 29 November 1863. Birth: England. Date
of Issue: 2 November 1870.
Citation:
The color bearer of the 51st Georgia Infantry. (C.S.A.), having planted his flag upon
the side of the work, Sgt. Judge leaped from his position of safety, sprang upon the
parapet, and in the face of a concentrated fire seized the flag and returned with it in
safety to the fort.