Andrew Jackson Mcgonnigle
Born: March 4, 1829 at New York, New York
Home Town: Cumberland, Maryland
Medal of Honor
American Civil War
U.S. Army
Date of Issue: July 21, 1897
The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Captain & Assistant Quartermaster Andrew Jackson McGonnigle, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism on 19 October 1864, while serving with U.S. Volunteers, in action at Cedar Creek, Virginia. While acting chief quartermaster of General Sheridan’s forces operating in the Shenandoah Valley, Captain McGonnigle was severely wounded while voluntarily leading a brigade of infantry and was commended for the greatest gallantry by General Sheridan.