First Lieutenant Henry Blanchard Freeman was a soldier in the U.S. Army who received the Medal of Honor for his actions on December 31, 1862 at Stone River, Tennessee during the Civil War. At the time he was serving with 18th U.S. Infantry. Freeman was 25 years old.
7 other service members also received the Medal of Honor for actions on the same day. The medal was presented on February 17, 1894, 31 years after the action. He later rose to the rank of Brigadier General.
Freeman was born on January 17, 1837 in Mount Vernon, Knox County, Ohio. Freeman died on October 16, 1915, at the age of 78. He is buried at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia.
Freeman is one of 1,525 Medal of Honor recipients from the Civil War and one of 256 credited to Ohio.
Official Medal of Honor citation
Voluntarily went to the front and picked up and carried to a place of safety, under a heavy fire from the enemy, an acting field officer who had been wounded, and was about to fall into enemy hands.
Citation text: U.S. Government, public domain.
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- January 17, 1837Born in Mount Vernon, Knox County, Ohio
- December 31, 1862Act of valor — Stone River, TennesseeAge 25. 18th U.S. Infantry
- February 17, 1894Medal of Honor presented
- October 16, 1915DiedAge 78.
- Resting placeArlington National CemeteryArlington, Virginia
Biography
Henry Blanchard Freeman (January 17, 1837 – October 16, 1915) was an American soldier who received the Medal of Honor for valor during the American Civil War.
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