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Medal of Honor Recipient

Henry Clay Merriam

U.S. Army · Civil War

MOH-RC-000955Source-based record

The award

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Army Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1865

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Medal of Honor

April 9, 1865

Fort Blakely, Alabama, USA

Rank at action
Lieutenant Colonel
Service
U.S. Army
Conflict
Civil War
Unit or command
73d U.S. Colored Infantry

The Citation

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Volunteered to attack the enemy's works in advance of orders and, upon permission being given, made a most gallant assault.

Sources & record notes

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

  1. Henry Clay Merriam — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-28

    current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison

Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
Award ID
MOH-AW-000961
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-28
Later or highest recorded rank
Major General
Entered service at
Houlton, Maine
Archive transcription SHA-256
7957f556569201d6d3c92c1c47d80148bd723ab70a807e9519dd73b75cdd4702

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

The reference profile expands the middle name, records Major General as the highest later rank, uses 73d U.S. Colored Infantry for the official unit, and replaces the inherited Georgia geocoder result with Fort Blakely, Alabama. The legacy unit wording remains preserved.

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