Ira Hobart Evans
Born: April 11, 1844 at Piermont, New Hampshire
Home Town: Barre, Vermont
Date of Issue: March 24, 1892
The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Captain (Infantry) Ira Hobart Evans, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism on 2 April 1865, while serving with Company B, 116th Colored Infantry, in action at Hatcher’s Run, Virginia. Captain Evans voluntarily passed between the lines, under a heavy fire from the enemy, and obtained important information.
