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Joseph Wortick

Private Joseph Wortick, 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 Joseph Wortick 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 6th Missouri Infantry. Wortick was 24 years old.

99 other service members also received the Medal of Honor for actions on the same day. The medal was presented on July 14, 1894, 31 years after the action.

Wortick was born on November 20, 1838 in Fayette County, Pennsylvania. His Medal of Honor is credited to Hannibal, Marion County, Missouri. Wortick died on April 7, 1910 in Logan Township, Kansas, at the age of 71. He is buried at Leon Cemetery in Leon, Kansas. Records also list him as Wertick, Joseph.

Wortick is one of 1,525 Medal of Honor recipients from the Civil War and one of 78 credited to Missouri.

Official Medal of Honor citation

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

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

Battles and campaigns

Also served in: American Civil War.

Places

  • Born: Fayette County — map
  • Died: Leon — map
  • Buried: Leon Cemetery — map

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Timeline

  1. November 20, 1838
    Born in Fayette County, Pennsylvania
  2. May 22, 1863
    Act of valor — Vicksburg, Mississippi
    Age 24. 6th Missouri Infantry
  3. July 14, 1894
    Medal of Honor presented
  4. April 7, 1910
    Died in Logan Township, Kansas
    Age 71.
  5. Resting place
    Leon Cemetery
    Leon, Kansas

Biography

Joseph Wortick (1837 – 1910) 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. Variant spellings of the surname are Wartick and Wertick.

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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 Missouri

AP Ambrose Porter Commissary Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1864 JP Joseph M. Pesch Private · Army Civil War · 1863 Nathaniel Mcclean Gwynne Private · Army Civil War · 1864 CD Charles H. Depuy First Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1864 Joseph Leonard Follett Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1862 William Wallace McCammon First Lieutenant · 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.