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Medal of Honor Recipient

Henry Shippen Huidekoper

U.S. Army · U.S. Civil War

MOH-RC-000851Source-based record

The award

Representative medal image: 1904 Army design, early suspension ribbon. Not a portrait or a photograph of this recipient’s own medal.
Army Medal of HonorRecorded presentation: 1905

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Medal of Honor

July 1, 1863

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, USA

Rank at action
Lieutenant Colonel
Service
U.S. Army
Conflict
U.S. Civil War
Unit or command
150th Pennsylvania Infantry
Presentation date
May 27, 1905

The Citation

Sources ↓
While engaged in repelling an attack of the enemy, received a severe wound of the right arm, but instead of retiring remained at the front in command of the regiment.
Separately preserved current-source wording

Captured from the linked current recipient source; it is not a new comparison with an original General Order.

While engaged in repelling an attack of the enemy, received a severe wound of the right arm, but instead of retiring remained at the front in command of his regiment.

Sources & record notes

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

  1. Henry Shippen Huidekoper — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-27

    current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison

  2. Henry Shippen Huidekoper — U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index ↗U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index · Checked 2026-08-27

    Army index identity, action metadata, unit, and the inherited citation rendering using “the regiment”

Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
Award ID
MOH-AW-000857
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-27
Later or highest recorded rank
Major General
Entered service at
Philadelphia, Pa.
Archive transcription SHA-256
e3e1d8d83a7d46b10e4653cdbb51f0cf59f4a0f82a3ba24cd7b5f78b235c75aa

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

The Society structured rank includes Pennsylvania National Guard wording. Lieutenant Colonel is retained as the action rank, with later Major General recorded separately. The Society citation says his regiment while the Army/inherited text says the regiment.

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