Christian Schnell MOH

b. 19/02/1838 Virginia. d. 14/12/1908 Wapakoneta, Ohio.

DATE OF MOH ACTION: 22/05/1863 Vicksburg, Mississippi.

Civil War Medal of Honor Recipient. He served as a Corporal in the Union Army in Company C, 37th Ohio Infantry. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for action on May 22, 1863 at Vicksburg, Mississippi. He did not receive the Medal until July 10, 1894.

 

MOH CITATION:

Gallantry in the charge of the “volunteer storming party.”

 

BURIAL LOCATION: GREENLAWN CEMETERY, WAPAKONETA, OHIO.

SECTION H, LOT 177.

LOCATION OF MEDAL: BELIEVED TO BE FAMILY.