Navy Federal Credit Union

Awards Received

  • Medal of Honor

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Private

    Division:

    12th Iowa Infantry

    Action Date:

    December 16, 1864

    Date of Issue: February 24, 1865

    The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Private Andrew Jackson Sloan, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism on 16 December 1864, while serving with Company H, 12th Iowa Infantry, in action at Nashville, Tennessee. Private Sloan captured the flag of 1st Louisiana Battery (Confederate States of America).