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First Lieutenant · U.S. Army

Simeon T. Josselyn

First Lieutenant Simeon T. Josselyn, Army, received the Medal of Honor for actions on November 25, 1863 at Missionary Ridge, Tennessee during the Civil War.

U.S. Civil War November 25, 1863

First Lieutenant Simeon T. Josselyn was a soldier in the U.S. Army who received the Medal of Honor for his actions on November 25, 1863 at Missionary Ridge, Tennessee during the Civil War. At the time he was serving with Company C, 13th Illinois Infantry. Josselyn was 21 years old.

15 other service members also received the Medal of Honor for actions on the same day. The medal was presented on April 4, 1898, 34 years after the action.

Josselyn was born on January 14, 1842 in Buffalo, Erie County, New York. His Medal of Honor is credited to Amboy, Lee County, Illinois. Josselyn died on April 4, 1905 in Skagway, Alaska, at the age of 63. He is buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Omaha, Nebraska.

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

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Official Medal of Honor citation

While commanding his company, deployed as skirmishers, Josselyn came upon a large body of the enemy, taking a number of them prisoner. Lt. Josselyn himself shot their color bearer, seized the colors, and brought them back to his regiment.

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

Places

  • Born: Buffalo — map
  • Died: Skagway — map
  • Buried: Forest Lawn Memorial Park — map

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Timeline

  1. January 14, 1842
    Born in Buffalo, Erie County, New York
  2. November 25, 1863
    Act of valor — Missionary Ridge, Tennessee
    Age 21. Company C, 13th Illinois Infantry
  3. April 4, 1898
    Medal of Honor presented
  4. April 4, 1905
    Died in Skagway, Alaska
    Age 63.
  5. Resting place
    Forest Lawn Memorial Park
    Omaha, Nebraska

Biography

Simeon T. Josselyn (January 14, 1842 – April 4, 1905) was a first lieutenant in the Union Army who was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions during the American Civil War at the Battle of Missionary Ridge.

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Also honored for actions on November 25, 1863

George Lovell Banks Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1863 JB James Bennett Bell Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1863 Henry Van ness Boynton Lieutenant Colonel · Army Civil War · 1863 CB Charles W. Brouse Captain · Army Civil War · 1863 Robert Bruce Brown Private · Army Civil War · 1863 FD Freeman Davis Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1863 Thomas N. Graham Second Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1863 George Green Corporal · Army Civil War · 1863 Hiram Reese Howard Private · Army Civil War · 1863 RJ Ruel M. Johnson Major · Army Civil War · 1863 Leverett Mansfield Kelley Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1863 John S. Kountz Musician · Army Civil War · 1863

See all 16 recipients for November 25, 1863 →

More Civil War recipients from Illinois

GM George Marsh Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1863 TP Thomas H. l Payne First Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1865 Robert A. Lower Private · Army Civil War · 1863 WJ William P. Johnston Landsman · Navy Civil War · 1864 GR George F. Rebmann Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1865 JW John Warden Corporal · Army Civil War · 1863
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.