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Medal of Honor Recipient

Henderson Calvin Howard

U.S. Army · U.S. Civil War

MOH-RC-000844Source-based record

The award

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Army Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1862

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Medal of Honor

June 30, 1862

Glendale, Virginia, USA

Rank at action
Corporal
Service
U.S. Army
Conflict
U.S. Civil War
Unit or command
Company B, 11th Pennsylvania Reserves

The Citation

Sources ↓
While pursuing one of the enemy's sharpshooters, encountered 2 others, whom he bayoneted in hand-to-hand encounters; was 3 times wounded in action.
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While pursuing one of the enemy's sharpshooters, encountered two others, whom he bayoneted in hand-to-hand encounters; was three times wounded in action.

Sources & record notes

General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.

  1. Henderson Calvin Howard — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-27

    current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison

Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
Award ID
MOH-AW-000850
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-27
Later or highest recorded rank
First Sergeant
Entered service at
Indiana, Pa.
Archive transcription SHA-256
1d01e9406b90eac9df3ae5f7b7e6f3762b4ee2c5983b88cdc79e3c36e89721b5

Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.

The current profile expands the middle name and distinguishes Corporal at action from later First Sergeant.

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