Years of service 1861 - 1865 Rank First Lieutenant | Name John Warden | |
Born June 11, 1841
Cook County, Illinois ( 1841-06-11 ) Died July 2, 1906(1906-07-02) (aged 65)
Washington Place of burial Orting Town Cemetery, Orting, Washington Allegiance United States of America
Union Service/branch United States Army
Union Army | ||
John warden about strategy
John Warden (June 11, 1841 – July 2, 1906) was a Union Army soldier during the American Civil War. He received the Medal of Honor for gallantry during the Siege of Vicksburg on May 22, 1863.
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- John warden about strategy
- Col john warden solving the iraq isis cirsis on the conservative commandos radio show
- Union assault
- Medal of Honor citation
- References
Warden joined the 55th Illinois Infantry in September 1861, and was mustered out in August 1865.
Col john warden solving the iraq isis cirsis on the conservative commandos radio show
Union assault
On May 22, 1863, General Ulysses S. Grant ordered an assault on the Confederate heights at Vicksburg, Mississippi. The plan called for a storming party of volunteers to build a bridge across a moat and plant scaling ladders against the enemy embankment in advance of the main attack. The volunteers knew the odds were against survival and the mission was called, in nineteenth century vernacular, a "forlorn hope". Only single men were accepted as volunteers and even then, twice as many men as needed came forward and were turned away. The assault began in the early morning following a naval bombardment.
The Union soldiers came under enemy fire immediately and were pinned down in the ditch they were to cross. Despite repeated attacks by the main Union body, the men of the forlorn hope were unable to retreat until nightfall. Of the 150 men in the storming party, nearly half were killed. Seventy-nine of the survivors were awarded the Medal of Honor.
Medal of Honor citation
For gallantry in the charge of the volunteer storming party on 22 May 1863.