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

Medal of Honor

to

 

WILLIAMSON, JAMES A.

Rank and Organization: Colonel, 4th Iowa Infantry. Place and Date: At Chickasaw Bayou, Miss., 29 December 1862. Entered Service At: Des Moines, Iowa. Born: 8 February 1829, Columbia, Adair County, Ky. Date Of Issue: 17 January 1895.

Citation:

Led his regiment against a superior force, strongly entrenched, and held his ground when all support had been withdrawn.