Isaac Harrison Carmin
Born: November 17, 1841 at Monmouth, New Jersey
Home Town: New Lexington, Ohio
Status: POW
Medal of Honor
American Civil War
U.S. Army
Date of Issue: February 25, 1895
The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Corporal Isaac Harrison Carmin, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism on 22 May 1863, while serving with Company A, 48th Ohio Infantry, in action at Vicksburg, Mississippi. Corporal Carmin saved his regimental flag; also seized and threw a shell, with burning fuse, from among his comrades.