The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Sergeant James Fegan, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism on March, 1868, while serving with Company H, 3d U.S. Infantry, in action at Plum Creek, Kansas. While in charge of a powder train en route from Fort Harker to Fort Dodge, Kansas, Sergeant Fegan was attacked by a party of desperadoes, who attempted to rescue a deserter in his charge and to fire the train. Sergeant Fegan, single-handed, repelled the attacking party, wounding two of them, and brought his train through in safety.