The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Private Samuel Johnson, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism on 17 September 1862, while serving with Company G, 9th Pennsylvania Reserves, in action at Antietam, Maryland, for individual bravery and daring in capturing from the enemy two colors of the 1st Texas Rangers (Confederate States of America), receiving in the act a severe wound.