The President
of the United States
in the name of
The Congress
takes pleasure in presenting the
Medal of Honor
to
ORTH, JACOB G.
Rank and Organization: Corporal, Company D, 28th Pennsylvania Infantry. Place
and Date: At Antietam, Md., 17 September 1862. Birth: Philadelphia,
Pa. Date Of Issue: 15 January 1867.
Citation:
Capture of flag of 7th South Carolina Infantry (C.S.A.), in hand-to-hand encounter,
although he was wounded in the shoulder.
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