词条 | Ignatz Gresser |
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| name = | image = | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1835|8|15}} | death_date = {{Death date and age|1919|8|1|1835|8|15}} | birth_place = Germany | death_place = | placeofburial = Union-West End Cemetery, Allentown, Pennsylvania | placeofburial_coordinates = | nickname = | allegiance = United States of America | branch = United States Army Union Army | serviceyears = | rank = Corporal | servicenumber = | unit = Company D, 128th Pennsylvania Infantry | commands = | battles = American Civil War | awards = Medal of Honor }}Ignatz Gresser (August 15, 1835 - August 1, 1919) was an American soldier and member of the 128th Pennsylvania Infantry who fought in the American Civil War and was awarded the Medal of Honor for carrying a wounded Union soldier from the field of battle at Antietam.[1][2] Gresser was born in Germany and emigrated to the United States in 1851 at the age of 15. He was a cobbler before and after the war.[3] The soldier he saved was William Henry Sowden, who would go on to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives. Medal of Honor citationRank and organization. Corporal, Company D, 128th Pennsylvania Infantry. Place and date: At Antietam, Md., September 17, 1862. Entered service at : Lehigh County, Pa. Birth: Germany. Date of issue: December 12, 1895.
While exposed to the fire of the enemy, carried from the field a wounded comrade. References1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.cmohs.org/recipient-detail/527/gresser-ignatz.php|title=GRESSER, IGNATZ|publisher=Congressional Medal of Honor Society|accessdate=18 April 2016}} {{US-mil-bio-stub}}{{AmericanCivilWar-bio-stub}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Gresser, Ignatz}}2. ^{{cite book|last1=Beyer|first1=Walter F.|last2=Keydel|first2=Oscar F.|title=Deeds of Valor: How America's Heroes Won the Medal of Honor|year=1901|publisher=The Perrien-Keydel Company}} 3. ^{{cite web|url=http://articles.mcall.com/1998-05-25/news/3197981_1_civil-war-union-west-end-cemetery-troops|title=Courageous Cobbler Shoemaker Ignatz Gresser Started As A Weekend Soldier, Then Won The Medal Of Honor For Saving Lives.|last=Whelan|first=Frank|date=25 May 1998|publisher=The Morning Call|accessdate=18 April 2016}} 7 : 1835 births|1919 deaths|Union Army soldiers|United States Army Medal of Honor recipients|American Civil War recipients of the Medal of Honor|German-born Medal of Honor recipients|German emigrants to the United States |
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