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Medal of Honor Recipient

Henry Heller

U.S. Army · U.S. Civil War

MOH-RC-000816Source-based record

The award

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Army Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1863

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Medal of Honor

May 2, 1863

Chancellorsville, Virginia, USA

Rank at action
Sergeant
Service
U.S. Army
Conflict
U.S. Civil War
Unit or command
Company A, 66th Ohio Infantry

The Citation

Sources ↓
One of a party of 4 who, under heavy fire, voluntarily brought into the Union lines a wounded Confederate officer from whom was obtained valuable information concerning the position of the enemy.
Separately preserved current-source wording

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One of a party of four who, under heavy fire, voluntarily brought into the Union lines a wounded Confederate officer from whom was obtained valuable information concerning the positions 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 Heller — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-27

    current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison

Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
Award ID
MOH-AW-000822
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-27
Entered service at
Urbana, Ohio
Archive transcription SHA-256
8004a894e016c348577cacd2239c30a5cbb81f37ab2027b860e9811b4461a980

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

Current Society evidence confirms the identity and action record. The current citation spells out four and uses positions where the inherited text uses numeral 4 and singular position; both complete renderings remain preserved.