James Calvin Summers
Born: February 14, 1838 at Elk River (charleston), West Virginia
Home Town: Point Pleasant, West Virginia
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 Private James Calvin Summers, United States Army, for gallantry in charge of the volunteer storming party on 22 May 1863, while serving with Company H, 4th West Virginia Infantry, in action at Vicksburg, Mississippi.