Joshua B. Hartzog
Born: February 3, 1866 at Paulding County, Ohio
Home Town: Detroit, Michigan
Date of Issue: March 24, 1891
The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Private Joshua B. Hartzog, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism on 29 December 1890, while serving with Company E, 1st U.S. Artillery, in action at Wounded Knee Creek, South Dakota. Private Hartzog went to the rescue of the commanding officer who had fallen severely wounded, picked him up, and carried him out of range of the hostile guns.
