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Ephraim W. Harrington

Sergeant Ephraim W. Harrington, Army, received the Medal of Honor for actions on May 3, 1863 in Fredericksburg, Virginia during the Civil War.

U.S. Civil War May 3, 1863

Serving as a soldier in the U.S. Army, Sergeant Ephraim W. Harrington received the Medal of Honor for his actions on May 3, 1863 in Fredericksburg, Virginia during the Civil War. At the time he was serving with Company G, 2d Vermont Infantry. Harrington was 30 years old.

29 other service members also received the Medal of Honor for actions on the same day. The medal was presented on December 13, 1893, 30 years after the action. He later rose to the rank of Major.

Harrington was born on January 16, 1833 in Waterford, Oxford County, Maine. His Medal of Honor is credited to Kirby, Caledonia County, Vermont. Harrington died on October 19, 1914 in Attleboro, Vermont, at the age of 81. He is buried at Grove Cemetery in East St. Johnsbury, Vermont.

Harrington is one of 1,525 Medal of Honor recipients from the Civil War and one of 47 credited to Vermont.

★ Flags & Colors

Official Medal of Honor citation

Carried the colors to the top of the heights and almost to the muzzle of the enemy's guns.

Citation text: U.S. Government, public domain.

Battles and campaigns

Also served in: American Civil War.

Places

  • Born: Waterford — map
  • Died: Attleboro — map
  • Buried: Grove Cemetery — map

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Timeline

  1. January 16, 1833
    Born in Waterford, Oxford County, Maine
  2. May 3, 1863
    Act of valor — Fredericksburg, Virginia
    Age 30. Company G, 2d Vermont Infantry
  3. December 13, 1893
    Medal of Honor presented
  4. October 19, 1914
    Died in Attleboro, Vermont
    Age 81.
  5. Resting place
    Grove Cemetery
    East St. Johnsbury, Vermont

Biography

Ephraim W. Harrington (January 16, 1833 - October 19, 1914) was a Union Army soldier in the American Civil War who received the U.S. military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor. Harrington was born in Waterford, Vermont on January 16, 1833, and entered service at Kirby, Vermont. He was awarded the Medal of Honor, for extraordinary heroism shown on May 3, 1863, at the Battle of Chancellorsville, while serving as a Sergeant with Company G, 2nd Vermont Infantry. His Medal of Honor was issued on December 13, 1893. Harrington died at the age of 81, on October 19, 1914, and was buried at Grove Cemetery in St. Johnsbury, Vermont.

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Also honored for actions on May 3, 1863

FB Frederick A. Ballen Private · Army Civil War · 1863 Thomas Wilson Bradley Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1863 EB Edward Brown Jr. Corporal · Army Civil War · 1863 JB John Knight Bucklyn First Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1863 John F. Chase Private · Army Civil War · 1863 Andrew Davidson Assistant Surgeon · Army Civil War · 1863 JF Jacob G. Frick Colonel · Army Civil War · 1863 John Curtis Gilmore Major · Army Civil War · 1863 WG William Ernest Goodman First Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1863 Lewis Addison Grant Colonel · Army Civil War · 1863 John Hack Private · Army Civil War · 1863 Francis Bloodgood Hall Chaplain · Army Civil War · 1863

See all 30 recipients for May 3, 1863 →

More Civil War recipients from Vermont

Alexander Scott Corporal · Army Civil War · 1864 RC Robert John Coffey Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1863 LI Lewis J. Ingalls Private · Army Civil War · 1862 Stephen Thomas Colonel · Army Civil War · 1864 William Wirt Henry Colonel · Army Civil War · 1864 CD Charles W. Dolloff Corporal · Army Civil War · 1865
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