Medal of Honor
April 1, 1865
Five Forks, Virginia, USA
- Rank at action
- First Lieutenant
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- U.S. Civil War
- Unit or command
- Company G, 17th Pennsylvania Cavalry
The Citation
Sources ↓As 1 of the first of Devin's Division to enter the works, he fought in a hand-to-hand struggle with a Confederate to capture his flag by superior physical strength.
Separately preserved current-source wording
Captured from the linked current recipient source; it is not a new comparison with an original General Order.
As one of the first of Devin's Division to enter the works, he fought in a hand-to-hand struggle with a Confederate to capture his flag by superior physical strength.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- Henry G Bonebrake — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-26
current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison
Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
- Award ID
- MOH-AW-000606
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-26
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- a615e5bb3057116b360aa3181a8d14485d2e09d0b2b4d5e71c2ad1fe625a6db7
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
The current reference profile specifies First Lieutenant, while the inherited and Army records use the generic Lieutenant wording. First Lieutenant is used canonically and the legacy value is preserved.