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Private · U.S. Army

Andrew Johnson

Private Andrew Johnson, Army, received the Medal of Honor for actions on May 22, 1863 in Vicksburg, Mississippi during the Civil War.

U.S. Civil War May 22, 1863

Private Andrew Johnson was a soldier in the U.S. Army who received the Medal of Honor for his actions on May 22, 1863 in Vicksburg, Mississippi during the Civil War. At the time he was serving with Company G, 116th Illinois Infantry. Johnson was about 30 years old.

99 other service members also received the Medal of Honor for actions on the same day. The medal was presented on August 9, 1894, 31 years after the action.

Johnson was born in 1833 in Delaware County, Ohio. His Medal of Honor is credited to Assumption, Christian County, Illinois. Johnson died on February 7, 1912 in Tower Hill Township, Illinois, at the age of about 79. He is buried at Tower Hill Cemetery in Tower Hill Township, Illinois.

Johnson is one of 1,525 Medal of Honor recipients from the Civil War and one of 210 credited to Illinois.

Official Medal of Honor citation

Gallantry in the charge of the "volunteer storming party."

Citation text: U.S. Government, public domain.

Battles and campaigns

1863 · Civil War

Siege of Vicksburg

Result: Union victory

21 Medal of Honor recipients

Also served in: American Civil War.

Places

  • Born: Delaware County — map
  • Died: Illinois — map
  • Buried: Tower Hill Cemetery — map

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Timeline

  1. 1833
    Born in Delaware County, Ohio
  2. May 22, 1863
    Act of valor — Vicksburg, Mississippi
    Age about 30. Company G, 116th Illinois Infantry
  3. August 9, 1894
    Medal of Honor presented
  4. February 7, 1912
    Died in Tower Hill Township, Illinois
    Age about 79.
  5. Resting place
    Tower Hill Cemetery
    Tower Hill Township, Illinois

Biography

Andrew W. Johnson (1833–1912) was a Union Army soldier during the American Civil War. He received the Medal of Honor for gallantry during the Siege of Vicksburg on May 22, 1863. Johnson joined the 116th Illinois Infantry in August 1862, and was discharged in February 1865.

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Also honored for actions on May 22, 1863

CA Christian Albert Private · Army Civil War · 1863 WA William J. Archinal Corporal · Army Civil War · 1863 CA Clinton Lycurgus Armstrong Private · Army Civil War · 1863 DA David Ayers Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1863 JA John G. k Ayers Private · Army Civil War · 1863 WB William H. Barringer Private · Army Civil War · 1863 MB Matthew Bickford Corporal · Army Civil War · 1863 TB Thomas A. Blasdel Private · Army Civil War · 1863 EB Emmer Bowen Private · Army Civil War · 1863 UB Uriah H. Brown Private · Army Civil War · 1863 WB William P. Brownell Coxswain · Navy Civil War · 1863 JB John C. Buckley Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1863

See all 100 recipients for May 22, 1863 →

More Civil War recipients from Illinois

Wells Howard Blodgett First Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1862 John Mcallister Schofield Major · Army Civil War · 1861 HT Henry H. Taylor Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1863 Henry Fox Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1862 MH Milton Lorenzi Haney Regimental Chaplain · Army Civil War · 1864 EP Edward M. Pike First Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1862
Sources. Service and award details compiled from the recipient record of the Congressional Medal of Honor Society, Wikidata and Wikipedia. The narrative summary is generated from these records. Spotted an error? Send a correction.