The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to First Sergeant Francis W. Judge, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism on 29 November 1863, while serving with Company K, 79th New York Infantry, in action at Fort Sanders, Tennessee. The Color Bearer of the 51st Georgia Infantry. (Confederate States of America), having planted his flag upon the side of the work, First Sergeant Judge leaped from his position of safety, sprang upon the parapet, and in the face of a concentrated fire seized the flag and returned with it in safety to the fort.