b. 15/08/1840 Gurney, Ohio. d. 30/04/1911 Bentford, South Dakota.
DATE OF MOH ACTION: 01/07/1863 Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
Francis A Wallar MOH
He was a corporal in Company I of the 6th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment, in the Iron Brigade of the Army of the Potomac. During the battle, he engaged a Confederate soldier of the 2nd Mississippi Infantry Regiment in single combat, capturing him and seizing his battle flag.
Following the war he became Sheriff of Vernon County, Wisconsin. Wallar died in 1911 and was buried in Walnut Mound Cemetery.
MOH CITATION:
Capture of flag of 2d Mississippi Infantry (C.S.A.).
BURIAL LOCATION: WALNUT MOUND CEMETERY, RETREAT, WISCONSIN.
WEST BLOCK, LOT 13.
LOCATION OF MEDAL: UNKNOWN.
