James Dunne
Born: December 26, 1840 at Detroit, Michigan
Home Town: Chicago, Illinois
Medal of Honor
American Civil War
U.S. Army
Date of Issue: January 15, 1895
The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Corporal James Dunne, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism on 22 May 1863, while serving with Chicago Mercantile Battery, Illinois Light Artillery, in action at Vicksburg, Mississippi. Corporal Dunne carried, with others, by hand, a cannon up to and fired it through an embrasure of the enemy’s works.