Joel Parsons
Born: August 23, 1840 at Jackson County, West Virginia
Home Town: Mason City, West Virginia
Medal of Honor
American Civil War
U.S. Army
Date of Issue: August 16, 1894
The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Private Joel Parsons, United States Army, for gallantry in the charge of the volunteer storming party on 22 May 1863, while serving with Company B, 4th West Virginia Infantry, in action at Vicksburg, Mississippi.