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Medal of Honor Recipient

Henry S Finkenbiner

U.S. Army · U.S. Civil War

MOH-RC-000742Source-based record

The award

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Army Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1865

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Medal of Honor

April 9, 1865

Dingles Mill, South Carolina, USA

Rank at action
Private
Service
U.S. Army
Conflict
U.S. Civil War
Unit or command
Company D, 107th Ohio Infantry

The Citation

Sources ↓
While on the advance skirmish line and within direct and close fire of the enemy's artillery, crossed the mill race on a burning bridge and ascertained the enemy's position.

Sources & record notes

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

  1. Henry S Finkenbiner — 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-000748
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-27
Later or highest recorded rank
Corporal
Archive transcription SHA-256
a77100c2a33fa9d8e1dc85ae99bcc1b6598e22e68d7e544dd00fbf40c1e45c0d

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

Current Society evidence confirms the historical action at Dingles Mill, South Carolina, replacing an inherited Springfield, Massachusetts geocoder result in the canonical field while preserving the imported value.

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