Career
He was honored with the award on 16 May 1899. Fox was born in Reutlingen, Germany on 3 October 1833. He enlisted with the 106th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment in August 1862, and was commissioned as a Captain of the 1st Tennessee Infantry Regiment (African Descent) in October 1863.
Fox died on 3 September 1906 and his remains are interred at the Oak Lawn Cemetery in Illinois.
