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Medal of Honor Recipient

Henry Edwin Tremain

U.S. Army · Civil War

MOH-RC-001167Source-based record

The award

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Army Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1864

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Medal of Honor

May 15, 1864

Resaca, Georgia, USA

Rank at action
Major & Aide-de-Camp
Service
U.S. Army
Conflict
Civil War
Unit or command
U.S. Volunteers

The Citation

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Voluntarily rode between the lines while 2 brigades of Union troops were firing into each other and stopped the firing.
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Voluntarily rode between the lines while two brigades of Union troops were firing into each other and stopped the firing.

Sources & record notes

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  1. Henry Edwin Tremain — 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-001173
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-28
Later or highest recorded rank
Brevet Brigadier General
Entered service at
New York, N.Y.
Archive transcription SHA-256
77a389ca2261bf908090c964b48299102da4f5cd565ef1e671d550694e9be00b

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.

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