Medal of Honor
May 22, 1864
Greenbrier River, West Virginia, USA
- Rank at action
- Colonel
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- Civil War
- Unit or command
- 1st West Virginia Cavalry
The Citation
Sources ↓Saved, under fire, the life of a drowning soldier.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- Henry Capehart — 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-001397
- 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
- Bridgeport, Ohio
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- 64859af595b52c9bdbc4b73a6b32257f0869f7cc71666d84b34818e8aec8ec56
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.