Mark Cromwell,[1] June 8, 1843 – January 12, 1918) served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

He ran away from home at age seven and was adopted by a showman, who changed his name to Mark Cromwell.

Entered service at: Malone, Fond du Lac County, Wis. Born: 1843, New York, N.Y.

Citation: For extraordinary heroism on 8 October 1862, while serving with Company F, 1st Wisconsin Infantry, in action at Perryville, Kentucky.

Sergeant Durham seized the flag of his regiment when the color sergeant was shot and advanced with the flag midway between the lines, amid a shower of shot, shell, and bullets, until stopped by his commanding officer.