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Medal of Honor Recipient

Henry Harrison Bingham

U.S. Army · U.S. Civil War

MOH-RC-000591Source-based record

The award

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Army Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1864

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Medal of Honor

May 6, 1864

Wilderness Campaign, Virginia, USA

Rank at action
Captain
Service
U.S. Army
Conflict
U.S. Civil War
Unit or command
Company G, 140th Pennsylvania Infantry

The Citation

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Rallied and led into action a portion of the troops who had given way under the fierce assaults of the enemy.

Sources & record notes

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

  1. Henry Harrison Bingham — 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-000597
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-26
Later or highest recorded rank
Brevet Brigadier General
Entered service at
Cannonsburg, Pa.
Archive transcription SHA-256
e598dab17666006c97d15dca5ea2bb10c7d85f5c1ac9218d62b209a8966c73e7

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

The current reference profile expands the middle name, preserves Captain as the action rank and Brevet Brigadier General as the later/highest rank, and uses Wilderness Campaign wording.

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