Medal of Honor
September 29, 1864
Fort Harrison, Virginia, USA
- Rank at action
- Captain
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- U.S. Civil War
- Unit or command
- Company H, 11th Connecticut Infantry
The Citation
Sources ↓While acting as an aide and carrying an important message, was severely wounded and his horse killed but delivered the order and rejoined his general.
Separately preserved current-source wording
Captured from the linked current recipient source; it is not a new comparison with an original General Order.
While acting as an aide and carrying an important message, Horne was severely wounded and his horse killed, but delivered the order and rejoined his general.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- Samuel Belton Horne — 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-000847
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-27
- Entered service at
- Winsted, Conn.
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- 44f150b810110cc785d099bcb79a8a9d3e5e7b30a3f790db8ff97478a4455a2c
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
The current profile expands the middle name and its citation explicitly names Horne where the inherited transcription omits the subject. Both complete texts remain preserved.