Medal of Honor
May 6, 1864
Wilderness Campaign, Virginia, USA
- Rank at action
- Corporal
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- U.S. Civil War
- Unit or command
- Company C, 50th Pennsylvania Infantry
The Citation
Sources ↓This soldier, with one companion, would not retire when his regiment fell back in confusion after an unsuccessful charge, but instead advanced and continued firing upon the enemy until the regiment re-formed and regained its position.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- Henry Hill — 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-000830
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-27
- Later or highest recorded rank
- Sergeant
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- 1eb40d3db1ec0f1bc38459891b0a9aa0e8eea836bc00998d6483020160937256
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
The current profile distinguishes Corporal at action from later Sergeant and uses the historical Wilderness Campaign place wording.