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Platt Pearsall

Corporal Platt Pearsall, 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

Serving as a soldier in the U.S. Army, Corporal Platt Pearsall 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 C, 30th Ohio Infantry. Pearsall was 21 years old.

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

Pearsall was born on December 27, 1841 in Meigs County, Ohio. His Medal of Honor is credited to Downington, Ohio. Pearsall died on June 18, 1931 in Farmington, Missouri, at the age of 89. He is buried at Pendleton Cemetery in Farmington, Missouri.

Pearsall is one of 1,525 Medal of Honor recipients from the Civil War and one of 256 credited to Ohio.

Official Medal of Honor citation

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

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

Timeline

  1. December 27, 1841
    Born in Meigs County, Ohio
  2. May 22, 1863
    Act of valor — Vicksburg, Mississippi
    Age 21. Company C, 30th Ohio Infantry
  3. August 14, 1894
    Medal of Honor presented
  4. June 18, 1931
    Died in Farmington, Missouri
    Age 89.
  5. Resting place
    Pendleton Cemetery
    Farmington, Missouri

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 Ohio

WS William H. Surles Private · Army Civil War · 1862 John Wollam Private · Army Civil War · 1862 WG William Garrett Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1864 HD Harry Clay Davis Private · Army Civil War · 1864 David L. Cockley First Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1864 William J. Carson Musician · Army Civil War · 1863
Sources. Service and award details compiled from the recipient record of the Congressional Medal of Honor Society. The narrative summary is generated from these records. Spotted an error? Send a correction.