Louis J. Sacriste

Louis Jeanottelle Sacriste (June 15, 1843 – August 18, 1904) was a first lieutenant (also brevet major) in the United States Army who was awarded the Medal of Honor for gallantry during the American Civil War. He was issued the medal on January 31, 1889, for actions he performed in the battles of Chancellorsville and Auburn in 1863.

Personal life

Sacriste was born on June 15, 1843, in Wilmington, Delaware. He died on August 18, 1904, in La Grange, Illinois, and was buried in Mount Carmel Catholic Cemetery in Hillside, Illinois. He is known to have fathered three children.

On May 3, 1863, while still a first lieutenant, Sacriste saved from capture a gun of the 5th Maine Battery. Later, on October 14, 1863, he saved from destruction the line of the 1st Division, Second Army Corps.