James Sweeney
Born: September 24, 1845 at Manchester, England
Home Town: Essex, Vermont
Medal of Honor
American Civil War
U.S. Army
Date of Issue: October 26, 1864
The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Private James Sweeney, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism on 19 October 1864, while serving with Company A, 1st Vermont Cavalry, in action at Cedar Creek, Virginia. With one companion Private Sweeney captured the State flag of a North Carolina regiment, together with three officers and an ambulance with its mules and driver.