Follett Johnson

The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Corporal Follett Johnson, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism on 27 May 1864, while serving with Company H, 60th New York Infantry, in action at New Hope Church, Georgia. Corporal Johnson voluntarily exposed himself to the fire of a Confederate sharpshooter, thus drawing fire upon himself and enabling his comrade to shoot the sharpshooter.