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Henry G. Buhrman

Private Henry G. Buhrman, Army, received the Medal of Honor for actions on May 22, 1863 in Vicksburg, Mississippi during the Civil War.

U.S. Civil War May 22, 1863

Serving as a soldier in the U.S. Army, Private Henry G. Buhrman received the Medal of Honor for his actions on May 22, 1863 in Vicksburg, Mississippi during the Civil War. At the time he was serving with Company H, 54th Ohio Infantry. Buhrman was about 19 years old.

99 other service members also received the Medal of Honor for actions on the same day. The medal was presented on July 12, 1894, 31 years after the action.

Buhrman was born in 1844 in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. Buhrman died on June 1, 1906 in Johnson City, Mountain Home National Soldiers Home, Tennessee, at the age of about 62. He is buried at Mountain Home National Cemetery in Johnson City, Tennessee.

Buhrman 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

Gallantry in the charge of the "volunteer storming party."

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

Battles and campaigns

Also served in: American Civil War.

Places

  • Born: Cincinnati — map
  • Buried: Mountain Home National Cemetery — map

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Timeline

  1. 1844
    Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio
  2. May 22, 1863
    Act of valor — Vicksburg, Mississippi
    Age about 19. Company H, 54th Ohio Infantry
  3. July 12, 1894
    Medal of Honor presented
  4. June 1, 1906
    Died in Johnson City, Mountain Home National Soldiers Home, Tennessee
    Age about 62.
  5. Resting place
    Mountain Home National Cemetery
    Johnson City, Tennessee

Biography

Henry G. Buhrman (January 1844 – June 1, 1906) was a Union Army soldier during the American Civil War. He received the Medal of Honor for gallantry during the Siege of Vicksburg on May 22, 1863.

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Also honored for actions on May 22, 1863

CA Christian Albert Private · Army Civil War · 1863 WA William J. Archinal Corporal · Army Civil War · 1863 CA Clinton Lycurgus Armstrong Private · Army Civil War · 1863 DA David Ayers Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1863 JA John G. k Ayers Private · Army Civil War · 1863 WB William H. Barringer Private · Army Civil War · 1863 MB Matthew Bickford Corporal · Army Civil War · 1863 TB Thomas A. Blasdel Private · Army Civil War · 1863 EB Emmer Bowen Private · Army Civil War · 1863 UB Uriah H. Brown Private · Army Civil War · 1863 WB William P. Brownell Coxswain · Navy Civil War · 1863 JB John C. Buckley Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1863

See all 100 recipients for May 22, 1863 →

More Civil War recipients from Ohio

BS Bernard Shields Private · Army Civil War · 1865 Martin Jones Hawkins Corporal · Army Civil War · 1862 JM John P. Murphy Private · Army Civil War · 1862 Robert Bruce Brown Private · Army Civil War · 1863 John Morehead Scott Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1862 ✦ JB James H. Bronson First Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1864
Sources. Service and award details compiled from the recipient record of the Congressional Medal of Honor Society, Wikidata and Wikipedia. The narrative summary is generated from these records. Spotted an error? Send a correction.