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Medal of Honor Recipient

Henry E. Plant

U.S. Army · Civil War

MOH-RC-001019Source-based record

The award

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Army Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1865

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Medal of Honor

March 19, 1865

Bentonville, North Carolina, USA

Rank at action
Corporal
Service
U.S. Army
Conflict
Civil War
Unit or command
Company F, 14th Michigan Infantry

The Citation

Sources ↓
Rushed into the midst of the enemy and rescued the colors, the color bearer having fallen mortally wounded.

Sources & record notes

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

  1. Henry E. Plant — 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-001025
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-28
Later or highest recorded rank
Color Sergeant
Entered service at
Cockery, Mich.
Archive transcription SHA-256
04b0226cf0461c21c16e8f236faac94136bb8e1d2bd5aa569f418c083cb4e903

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

The current reference profile confirms the identity and award, records Corporal as the action rank and Color Sergeant as the highest later rank, and normalizes the historical action place.

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