Francis A. Waller

Francis A. Waller was a 1st Lieutenant in the 6th Wisconsin Infantry / Company I.

Antebellum

• Born in Gurney, Ohio

War Career

• Enlisted on July 16, 1861 in the 6th Wisconsin Infantry / Company I
• Entered service at De Soto, Wisconsin
• Veteran
• Corporal
• Awarded the Medal of Honor on December 1, 1864
  • For capture of the flag of the 2nd Mississippi Infantry on July 1, 1863 at the Battle of Gettysburg
• Sergeant
• 1st Sergeant
• Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant on December 24, 1864
• Promoted to 1st Lieutenant on March 23, 1865
• Mustered out on July 14, 1865

Sources

• Medal of Honor Recipients: Civil War M-Z. United States Army Center of Military History. Accessed July 1, 2015.
• Wisconsin. Adjutant-General's Office. Roster of Wisconsin Volunteers, War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865. Volume 1. (Madison, 1886). (Page 529)