Medal of Honor
November 23, 1863
Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA
- Rank at action
- Colonel
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- U.S. Civil War
- Unit or command
- 149th New York Infantry
- Presentation date
- July 1, 1889
The Citation
Sources ↓Although suffering severely from wounds, he led his regiment, inciting the men to greater action by word and example until again severely wounded.
Separately preserved current-source wording
Captured from the linked current recipient source; it is not a new comparison with an original General Order.
Although suffering severely from wounds, he led his regiment, inciting his men to greater action by word and example until again severely wounded.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- Henry Alanson Barnum — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-26
current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison
Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
- Award ID
- MOH-AW-000580
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-26
- Later or highest recorded rank
- Brevet Major General
- Entered service at
- Syracuse, N.Y.
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- 1c446f7ecb379b9001b1f8d3304cacd6e8c0740ab9248dc5a5018882fa9f16fe
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
The current reference profile expands the middle name and preserves Colonel as the action rank and Brevet Major General as the later/highest rank.