The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Private Michael Sowers, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism on 1 December 1864, while serving with Company L, 4th Pennsylvania Cavalry, in action at Stony Creek Station, Virginia. His horse having been shot from under him, Private Sowers voluntarily and on foot participated in the cavalry charge made upon one of the forts, conducting himself throughout with great personal bravery.