James Engle

MEDAL OF HONOR CITATION

Responded to a call for volunteers to carry ammunition to the regiment on the picket line and under a heavy fire from the enemy assisted in carrying a box of ammunition to the front and remained to distribute the same.

Rank: Sergeant
Date of Issue: December 17, 1896
Conflicts: Civil War
Organization: U.S. Army

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