John Black
Rank and organization: Lieutenant Colonel, 37th Illinois Infantry

Place and date: At Prairie Grove, Ark., 7 December 1862

Entered service at: Danville, III. Born: 27 January 1839, Lexington, Holmes County, Miss. Date of issue: 31 October 1893

Citation: Gallantly charged the position of the enemy at the head of his regiment, after 2 other regiments had been repulsed and driven down the hill, and captured a battery; was severely wounded.