John William Hart
Born: July 30, 1833 at Germany
Home Town: Cumberland, Maryland
Date of Issue: August 3, 1897
The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Sergeant John William Hart, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism on 2 July 1863, while serving with Company D, 6th Pennsylvania Reserves, in action at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Sergeant Hart was one of six volunteers who charged upon a log house near the Devil’s Den, where a squad of the enemy’s sharpshooters were sheltered, and compelled their surrender.
