Serving as a soldier in the U.S. Army, Major & Aide-de-Camp Henry Edwin Tremain received the Medal of Honor for his actions on May 15, 1864 in Resaca, Georgia during the Civil War. At the time he was serving with U.S. Volunteers. Tremain was 23 years old.
5 other service members also received the Medal of Honor for actions on the same day. The medal was presented on June 30, 1892, 28 years after the action. He later rose to the rank of Brevet Brigadier General.
Tremain was born on November 14, 1840 in New York, New York. Tremain died on December 9, 1910 in New York, New York, at the age of 70. He is buried at Woodlawn Cemetery in Bronx, New York.
Tremain is one of 1,525 Medal of Honor recipients from the Civil War and one of 678 credited to New York.
Official Medal of Honor citation
Voluntarily rode between the lines while two brigades of Union troops were firing into each other and stopped the firing.
Citation text: U.S. Government, public domain.
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Timeline
- November 14, 1840Born in New York, New York
- May 15, 1864Act of valor — Resaca, GeorgiaAge 23. U.S. Volunteers
- June 30, 1892Medal of Honor presented
- December 9, 1910Died in New York, New YorkAge 70.
- Resting placeWoodlawn CemeteryBronx, New York
Biography
Henry Edwin Tremain (1840–1910) was an American Civil War Medal of Honor recipient who was on the staff of several generals. He received the Medal of Honor for his actions at the Battle of Resaca, when he voluntarily rode between two brigades of Union soldiers who were mistakenly firing at each other, and stopped the firing. Following the war he worked as a lawyer and was the author of several works on the Civil War. He was born in New York City on November 14, 1840 and died there on December 9, 1910. He is buried at Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx, New York.
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