James W. Toban
Born: November 23, 1845 at Northfield, Michigan
Home Town: Northfield, Michigan
Medal of Honor
American Civil War
U.S. Army
Date of Issue: July 9, 1896
The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Sergeant James W. Toban, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism on 11 February 1865, while serving with Company C, 9th Michigan Cavalry, in action at Aiken, South Carolina. Sergeant Toban voluntarily and at great personal risk returned, in the face of the advance of the enemy, and rescued from impending death or capture, Major William C. Stevens, 9th Michigan Cavalry, who had been thrown from his horse.