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Medal of Honor Recipient

William Wirt Henry

U.S. Army · U.S. Civil War

MOH-RC-000818Source-based record

The award

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Army Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1864

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Medal of Honor

October 19, 1864

Cedar Creek, Virginia, USA

Rank at action
Colonel
Service
U.S. Army
Conflict
U.S. Civil War
Unit or command
10th Vermont Infantry

The Citation

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Though suffering from severe wounds, rejoined his regiment and let it in a brilliant charge, recapturing the guns of an abandoned battery.
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Though suffering from severe wounds, rejoined his regiment and led it in a brilliant charge, recapturing the guns of an abandoned battery.

Sources & record notes

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  1. William Wirt Henry — 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-000824
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-27
Later or highest recorded rank
Brevet Brigadier General
Entered service at
Waterbury, Vt.
Archive transcription SHA-256
b0b4a7ab33f7dec1666d27c8ca9790825f59c8cf4a2dba27f5a176453e0fdb92

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

The current reference profile expands the middle name and corrects the inherited transcription let to led. The inherited citation remains unchanged and separately hashed.

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