Ignatz Gresser, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Ignatz Gresser

American soldier

Date of Birth: 15-Aug-1835

Place of Birth: Germany

Date of Death: 01-Aug-1919

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Ignatz Gresser (August 15, 1835 - August 1, 1919) was an American soldier and member of the 128th Pennsylvania Infantry who fought in the American Civil War and was awarded the Medal of Honor for carrying a wounded Union soldier from the field of battle at Antietam.Gresser was born in Germany and emigrated to the United States in 1851 at the age of 15.
He was a cobbler before and after the war.
The soldier he saved was William Henry Sowden, who would go on to serve in the U.S.
House of Representatives.