Francis Ashbury Wallar or Waller was a corporal

Corporal

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 in the 6th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment

6th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment

The 6th Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It spent most of the war as a member of the famous Iron Brigade in the Army of the Potomac.-Service:...

 of the Union Army

Union Army

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 who received the Medal of Honor

Medal of Honor

The Medal of Honor is the highest military decoration awarded by the United States government. It is bestowed by the President, in the name of Congress, upon members of the United States Armed Forces who distinguish themselves through "conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his or her...

. On July 1, 1863 while participating in the Battle of Gettysburg

Battle of Gettysburg

The Battle of Gettysburg , was fought July 1–3, 1863, in and around the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. The battle with the largest number of casualties in the American Civil War, it is often described as the war's turning point. Union Maj. Gen. George Gordon Meade's Army of the Potomac...

, he engaged a Confederate

Confederate States of America

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 soldier in single combat, killing him and seizing his battle flag.

Following the war he became Sheriff of Vernon County, Wisconsin

Vernon County, Wisconsin

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. He is buried in Walnut Mound Cemetery Retreat, Wisconsin

Retreat, Wisconsin

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.

Medal of Honor citation

Rank and organization: Corporal, Company I, 6th Wisconsin Infantry. Place and date: At Gettysburg, Pa., July 1, 1863. Entered service at: DeSoto, Vernon County, Wis. Birth: Guernsey County, Ohio. Date of issue: December 1, 1864.

Citation:

Capture of flag of 2d Mississippi Infantry (C.S.A.).

See also

• List of American Civil War Medal of Honor recipients: M-Z