Martin K. Davis
Born: March 12, 1843 at Marion, Illinois
Home Town: Stonington, Illinois
Medal of Honor
American Civil War
U.S. Army
Date of Issue: July 26, 1894
The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Sergeant Martin K. Davis, United States Army, for gallantry in the charge of the volunteer storming party on 22 May 1863, while serving with Company H, 116th Illinois Infantry, in action at Vicksburg, Mississippi.