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Henry Harrison Bingham

Captain Henry Harrison Bingham, Army, received the Medal of Honor for actions on May 6, 1864 at Wilderness Campaign, Virginia during the Civil War.

U.S. Civil War May 6, 1864

Captain Henry Harrison Bingham was a soldier in the U.S. Army who received the Medal of Honor for his actions on May 6, 1864 at Wilderness Campaign, Virginia during the Civil War. At the time he was serving with Company G, 140th Pennsylvania Infantry. Bingham was 22 years old.

12 other service members also received the Medal of Honor for actions on the same day. The medal was presented on August 31, 1893, 29 years after the action. He later rose to the rank of Brevet Brigadier General.

Bingham was born on December 4, 1841 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. His Medal of Honor is credited to Canonsburg, Washington County, Pennsylvania. Bingham died on March 22, 1912 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at the age of 70. He is buried at Laurel Hill Cemetery in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Bingham is one of 1,525 Medal of Honor recipients from the Civil War and one of 380 credited to Pennsylvania.

Official Medal of Honor citation

Rallied and led into action a portion of the troops who had given way under the fierce assaults of the enemy.

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

Battles and campaigns

Also served in: American Civil War.

Life beyond the battlefield

Source: Wikidata.

Places

  • Born: Philadelphia — map
  • Died: Pennsylvania — map
  • Buried: Laurel Hill Cemetery — map

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Timeline

  1. December 4, 1841
    Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
  2. May 6, 1864
    Act of valor — Wilderness Campaign, Virginia
    Age 22. Company G, 140th Pennsylvania Infantry
  3. August 31, 1893
    Medal of Honor presented
  4. March 22, 1912
    Died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
    Age 70.
  5. Resting place
    Laurel Hill Cemetery
    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Biography

Henry Harrison Bingham (December 4, 1841 – March 22, 1912) was an American politician from Pennsylvania who served as a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Pennsylvania's 1st congressional district from 1879 to 1912. He was a Union army officer in the American Civil War, fought in some of the key battles of the war and received the United States Military's highest award for valor, the Medal of Honor, for his actions at the Battle of the Wilderness.

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Named in his honor

Also honored for actions on May 6, 1864

Henri Le fevre Brown Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1864 TB Thomas Burk Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1864 PD Patrick Delacey First Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1864 James Madison Drake Second Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1864 EE Edmund English First Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1864 HH Henry Hill Corporal · Army Civil War · 1864 Leopold Karpeles Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1864 Joseph Bell Kemp First Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1864 SR Stephen Rought Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1864 WT William P. Thompson Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1864 ✦ Benjamin Franklin Tracy Colonel · Army Civil War · 1864 JY James Marvin Young Private · Army Civil War · 1864

More Civil War recipients from Pennsylvania

Philip Petty Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1862 FC Francis Marion Cunningham First Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1865 Thomas W. Hoffman Captain · Army Civil War · 1865 HB Henry G. Bonebrake First Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1865 CS Charles Shambaugh Corporal · Army Civil War · 1862 John Frederic Hartranft Colonel · Army Civil War · 1861
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.