Medal of Honor
June 17, 1864
Petersburg, Virginia, USA
- Rank at action
- Captain
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- Civil War
- Unit or command
- Company D, 24th New York Cavalry
The Citation
Sources ↓During an assault and in the face of a heavy fire rendered heroic assistance to a wounded and helpless officer, thereby saving his life and in the performance of this gallant act sustained a severe wound.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- Henry Coddington Meyer — 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-000964
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-28
- Later or highest recorded rank
- Brevet Major
- Entered service at
- Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- 805f5bc47e0121161a20b790ef5f379f7bf18e380d94e86601e88e1acb94540f
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
The reference profile expands the inherited middle initial and records Brevet Major as the highest later rank. Identity, unit, date, place, and citation are confirmed.