Medal of Honor
May 3, 1863
Vicksburg, Mississippi, USA
- Rank at action
- Corporal
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- Civil War
- Unit or command
- Company B, 47th Ohio Infantry
- Presentation date
- April 17, 1917
The Citation
Sources ↓Was one of a party that volunteered and attempted to run the enemy's batteries with a steam tug and two barges loaded with subs1stence stores.
Separately preserved current-source wording
Captured from the linked current recipient source; it is not a new comparison with an original General Order.
Was one of a party that volunteered and attempted to run the enemy's batteries with a steam tug and two barges loaded with subsistence stores.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- Henry Lewis — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-28
current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison
- Henry Lewis — U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index ↗U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index · Checked 2026-08-28
inherited/Army OCR “subs1stence” citation rendering
Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
- Award ID
- MOH-AW-000906
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-28
- Later or highest recorded rank
- First Sergeant
- Entered service at
- Adrian, Mich.
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- 7b01c5cf23c2cc28154f520d7ad622769f25fb21bae412aee528e8e641bb524a
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
The reference profile corrects the inherited/Army OCR “subs1stence” to “subsistence.” Both complete renderings remain preserved.