Jackson Sargent

Jackson G. Sargent was a soldier who served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Civil War Service
Sargent was awarded the Medal of Honor in October 1891 for his actions on the second of April, 1865. He enlisted as a private into the 5th Vermont Infantry, Company D at Stowe, Vermont in August 1861. Sargent was commissioned as the first lieutenant of Company K in May 1865.

Medal of Honor Citation
"First to scale the enemy's works and plant the colors thereon."