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Private · U.S. Army

Wilson McGonagle

Private Wilson McGonagle, 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 Wilson McGonagle, a soldier in the U.S. Army, received the Medal of Honor for gallantry on May 22, 1863 in Vicksburg, Mississippi during the Civil War. At the time he was serving with Company B, 30th Ohio Infantry. McGonagle 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 August 15, 1894, 31 years after the action.

McGonagle was born on August 9, 1838 in Jefferson County, Ohio. His Medal of Honor is credited to Cadiz, Harrison County, Ohio. McGonagle died on September 15, 1912 in Dayton (Soldier's Home), Ohio, at the age of 74. He is buried at Summit United Presbyterian Church Cemetery in Butler County, Pennsylvania.

McGonagle 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. August 9, 1838
    Born in Jefferson County, Ohio
  2. May 22, 1863
    Act of valor — Vicksburg, Mississippi
    Age 24. Company B, 30th Ohio Infantry
  3. August 15, 1894
    Medal of Honor presented
  4. September 15, 1912
    Died in Dayton (Soldier's Home), Ohio
    Age 74.
  5. Resting place
    Summit United Presbyterian Church Cemetery
    Butler County, Pennsylvania

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

John S. Kountz Musician · Army Civil War · 1863 Wager Swayne Lieutenant Colonel · Army Civil War · 1862 JP John T. Patterson Principal Musician · Army Civil War · 1863 George Green Corporal · Army Civil War · 1863 JG John C. Gaunt Private · Army Civil War · 1864 WW William Haliday Williams Private · Army Civil War · 1864
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.