Wallace Wisner Johnson

He charged a log house and captured the rebel sharpshooters!

Wallace Wisner Johnson was born at Newfield, New York, on 30 December 1842 and served the Union Army as a sergeant in Company G, 6th Pennsylvania Reserves. His Medal of Honor action came on the second day of Gettysburg.

On 2 July 1863, Confederate sharpshooters occupied a log house and were threatening Union troops. Johnson and five other volunteers charged the position, captured the sharpshooters and brought them back inside the Union lines. His role in the small but dangerous assault was later recognized with the Medal of Honor.

Medal of Honor Citation (condensed): At Gettysburg, Johnson joined five volunteers in charging enemy sharpshooters concealed in a log house, capturing them and bringing them into the Union lines.

Johnson received the Medal of Honor on 8 August 1900. He died on his sixty-ninth birthday, 30 December 1911, at Walter's Park, Pennsylvania, and was buried at West Laurel Hill Cemetery in Bala Cynwyd. His verified Army service supports the Civil War Campaign Medal already on his rack.