Ignatz Gresser
Born: August 15, 1835 at Malach, Germany
Home Town: Allentown, Pennsylvania
Medal of Honor
American Civil War
U.S. Army
Date of Issue: December 12, 1895
The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Corporal Ignatz Gresser, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism on 17 September 1862, while serving with Company D, 128th Pennsylvania Infantry, in action at Antietam, Maryland. While exposed to the fire of the enemy, Corporal Gresser carried from the field a wounded comrade.