Andrew Jackson Sloan
Born: 1835 at Bedford County, Pennsylvania
Home Town: Colesburg, Iowa
Date of Issue: February 24, 1865
The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Private Andrew Jackson Sloan, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism on 16 December 1864, while serving with Company H, 12th Iowa Infantry, in action at Nashville, Tennessee. Private Sloan captured the flag of 1st Louisiana Battery (Confederate States of America).
