85th Pennsylvania Volunteers
Medal of Honor Recipients
WILLIAM E. LEONARD
Private, Company F, 85th Pennsylvania Infantry. Entered service at: Jacksonville, Pa. Birth: Greene County, Pa.
Citation: Capture of battle flag at Deep Bottom, Va., 16 April 1864.
Date of issue: 6 April 1865.
MORRISON, FRANCIS
Private, Company H, 85th Pennsylvania Infantry. Entered service at: Drakestown, Pa. Birth: Fayette County, Pa.
Citation: At Bermuda Hundred, Va., 17 June 1864, voluntarily exposed himself to a heavy fire to bring off a wounded comrade.
Date of issue: 2 August 1897.
SHELLENBERGER, JOHN S.
Corporal, Company B, 85th Pennsylvania Infantry. Entered service at: Perryopolis, Pa. Birth: ------.
Citation: Capture of flag at Deep Run, Va., 16 August 1864.
Date of issue: 6 April 1865.
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