Charles H. Kloth
Born: Europe
Home Town: Chicago, Illinois
Medal of Honor
American Civil War
U.S. Army
Date of Issue: January 15, 1895
The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Private Charles H. Kloth, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism on 22 May 1863, while serving with Chicago Mercantile Battery, Illinois Light Artillery, in action at Vicksburg, Mississippi. Private Kloth carried, with others, by hand, a cannon up to and fired it through an embrasure of the enemy’s works.