John Hack (Medal of Honor)

According to the Military Times Hall of Valor, "on 3 May 1863, while serving with Company B, 47th Ohio Infantry, in action at Vicksburg, Mississippi. Private Hack was one of a party which volunteered and attempted to run the enemy's batteries with a steam tug and two barges loaded with subsistence stores."{{sfnp|Sightline Media Group|2020}} Hodges and nine others in Company B did this while Confederate States Army batteries were shooting at them "under cover of darkness" Hodges was awarded the Medal of Honor "for extreme bravery under fire" on December 31, 1907.{{sfnp|U.S. War Department|1915|p=5}}

Rank and organization: Private, Company B, 47th Ohio Infantry. Place and date: At Vicksburg, MS., May 3, 1863

Citation:

Was one of a party which volunteered and attempted to run the enemy's batteries with a steam tug and 2 barges loaded with subsistence stores.{{sfnp|CMOHS|2014}}{{sfnp|VCOnline|2020}}{{sfnp|Subcommittee on Veterans' Affairs|1968|p=105}}

Hack returned to Ohio and married Delphina Cooley. They had three children.

• Siege of Vicksburg
• 47th Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment
• List of Medal of Honor recipients
• List of American Civil War Medal of Honor recipients: G–L

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==References==

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• {{cite book | last =Brown| first =Theodore F.| title =Marching Through Georgia with Sherman from Atlanta to the Sea: Address Delivered at the Twenty-Third Annual Reunion of the Forty-Seventh Ohio Veteran Volunteer Infantry at Geo. H. Thomas Post Hall, Cincinnati September 28, 1909| publisher =Louis Mund| year =1909| location =West Alexandria, OH |hdl=2027/mdp.39015065336573 | oclc =301205250}}
• {{cite book | last1 =Foraker| first1 =J. B.| last2 =Axline| first2 =H. A.| last3 =Robinson| first3 =J. S.| title =Official Roster of the Soldiers of the State of Ohio in the War on the Rebellion, 1861–1865; | publisher =Werner Co.| series =Three Year's Service - 37th-53rd Regiments-Infantry| volume =IV| year =1886| location =Akron, OH| oclc =1744402}}
• {{cite book | last1 =Mitchell| first1 =Joseph B.| last2 =Otis| first2 =James| title =The Badge of Gallantry; Recollections of Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor winners| publisher =Macmillan | year =1968| location =New York| pages =194| hdl =2027/mdp.39015005683266| oclc =560289389 }}
• {{cite book| last =Reid| first =Whitelaw| title =Ohio in the War : Her Statesmen, Her Generals, and Soldiers| publisher =Moore, Wilstach, & Baldwin| year =1868| location =Cincinnati, OH| url =https://archive.org/details/00444862.3383.emory.edu/page/n9/mode/2up| isbn =9781154801965| oclc =00444862}}
• {{cite book| last =Saunier| first =Joseph A| title =A History of the Forty-Seventh Regiment, Ohio Veteran Volunteer Infantry: Second Brigade, Second Division, Fifteenth Army Corps, Army of Tennessee| publisher =Press of the Lyle Printing Company| year =1903| location =Hillsboro, OH| url =https://archive.org/details/historyoffortyse00saun/page/n13/mode/2up}}
• {{cite book| last =Subcommittee on Veterans' Affairs| first =United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor and Public Welfare| editor =Edward M Kennedy, Chairman| title =Medal of Honor, 1863-1968 : "In the Name of the Congress of the United States"| publisher =U.S. Government Printing Office| series =Committee print (United States. Congress), 90th Congress, 2nd session| year =1968| location =Washington DC| pages =1087| url =https://archive.org/details/medalofhonor186300unit/page/n1/mode/2up| oclc =1049691780}}
• {{cite book| author = U.S. War Department| title = Medals of honor issued by the War department from September 1, 1904, to June 30, 1915.| publisher = U.S. Government Printing Office| place = Washington, DC| year = 1915| url = https://archive.org/details/medalsofhonoriss01unit/mode/2up/| oclc = 1049613274}}
• {{cite book| author =The Werner Company| title =The Story of American Heroism: Thrilling Narratives of Personal Adventures During the Great Civil War as Told by the Medal Winners and Roll of Honor Men| publisher =The Werner Company| year =1896| location =New York, NY| pages =798| url =https://archive.org/details/storyofamericanh00unse/page/n10/mode/1up| oclc =1085307831}}
• {{cite web| publisher =Sightline Media Group| year =2020| title =Hall of Valor: The Military Medals Database| website =The Hall of Valor Project| url =https://valor.militarytimes.com/| access-date =19 May 2020| ref ={{sfnref|Sightline Media Group|2020}}}}
• {{cite web |publisher=VCOnline |year=2020 |title=MOHs - victoriacross |website=THE COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE TO THE VICTORIA & GEORGE CROSS |url=http://www.vconline.org.uk/mohs/4589918581 |access-date=2 May 2020 |ref={{sfnref|VCOnline|2020}} |archive-date=3 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200503163659/http://www.vconline.org.uk/mohs/4589918581 |url-status=dead }}
• {{cite web|publisher=CMOHS|title=CMOHS.org - Official Website of the Congressional Medal of Honor Society|website=Congressional Medal of Honor Society|year=2014|url=http://www.cmohs.org|access-date=19 August 2014|ref={{sfnref|CMOHS|2014}}}}
• {{cite web| publisher = The National Medal of Honor Museum Foundation| title = Home - The National Medal of Honor Museum The National Medal of Honor Museum| website = The National Medal of Honor Museum| year = 2020| url = https://mohmuseum.org| access-date = 19 May 2020| ref = {{sfnref|The National Medal of Honor Museum Foundation|2020}}}}

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• [https://civilwarindex.com/armyoh/rosters/47th_oh_infantry_roster.pdf Civil War Index: 47th Ohio Infantry Soldier Roster]
• [https://civilwarindex.com/47th-ohio-infantry.html Civil War Index: 47th Ohio Infantry in the American Civil War]
• {{Find a Grave|5959740|work=Claim to Fame: Medal of Honor recipients|accessdate=2008-04-16}}

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