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Awards Received

  • Medal of Honor

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Sergeant

    Division:

    158th New York Infantry

    Action Date:

    April 2, 1865

    Date of Issue: May 12, 1865

    The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Sergeant James Howard, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism on 2 April 1865, while serving with Company K, 158th New York Infantry, in action at Petersburg (Battery Gregg), Virginia. Sergeant Howard carried the colors in advance of the line of battle, the flagstaff being shot off while he was planting it on the parapet of the fort.