Medal of Honor
May 27, 1863
Port Hudson, Louisiana, USA
- Rank at action
- Private
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- U.S. Civil War
- Unit or command
- Company C, 49th Massachusetts Infantry
The Citation
Sources ↓Volunteered in response to a call and took part in the movement that was made upon the enemy's works under a heavy fire therefrom in advance of the general assault.
Preserved earlier transcription
Volunteered in response to a call and took part in the movement that was made upon the enemy's works under a heavy fire therefrom ?of a mile in advance of the general assault.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- Henry T Johns — Congressional Medal of Honor Society recipient profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-09-02
current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison
Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
- Award ID
- MOH-AW-003354
- Transcription status
- Current Society citation · legacy wording preserved
- Last source check
- 2026-09-02
- Entered service at
- Hinsdale, Mass.
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- 0bec10f3d3d77fea731e29b34a804d864ce658f38ea348d198b7b888038dcd6e
Current rendered Society citation adopted as the canonical display wording; the complete legacy transcription and checksum remain preserved in the award and evidence records.
The legacy citation transcription is encoding-corrupted; the current rendered official-profile citation is embedded exactly as the canonical citation, while the legacy variant and checksum remain fully preserved.