The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to First Sergeant Patrick Irwin, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism on 1 September 1864, while serving with Company H, 14th Michigan Infantry, in action at Jonesboro, Georgia. In a charge by the 14th Michigan Infantry against the entrenched enemy, First Sergeant Irwin was the first man over the line of works of the enemy, and demanded and received the surrender of Confederate General Daniel Govan and his command.