For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in actionat the risk of his life above and beyond the call of dutythe Medal of Honor was awarded to JOSEPH K. CORSON
Assistant Surgeon, 6th Pennsylvania Reserves (35th Pennsylvania Volunteers) near Bristol Station, Virginia,15 October 1863. With one companion returned in the face of the enemy's heavy artillery fire and removed to a place of safety a severely wounded soldier who had been left behind as the regiment fell back.
