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Medal of Honor Recipient

Henry Clay Warfel

U.S. Army · Civil War

MOH-RC-001646Source-based record

The award

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Army Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1865

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Medal of Honor

April 5, 1865

Paine’s Crossroads, Virginia, USA

Rank at action
Private
Service
U.S. Army
Conflict
Civil War
Unit or command
Company A, 1st Pennsylvania Cavalry

The Citation

Sources ↓
Capture of Virginia State colors.
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Capture of Virginia state colors.

Sources & record notes

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

  1. Henry Clay Warfel — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-29

    current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison

Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
Award ID
MOH-AW-001654
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-29
Archive transcription SHA-256
8808a310a63bbdc62775a5d0d37d7c9c0c1f5aaf93c05289d13b3377601da303

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

Current reference profile confirms identity and core action metadata; legacy full citation text and source-row provenance are retained; General Order comparison remains pending.