Sergeant Henry Heller, a soldier in the U.S. Army, received the Medal of Honor for gallantry on May 2, 1863 in Chancellorsville, Virginia during the Civil War. At the time he was serving with Company A, 66th Ohio Infantry. Heller was about 22 years old.
11 other service members also received the Medal of Honor for actions on the same day. The medal was presented on July 29, 1892, 29 years after the action.
Heller was born in 1841 in Clarion, Clarion County, Pennsylvania. His Medal of Honor is credited to Urbana, Champaign County, Ohio. Heller died on December 14, 1895, at the age of about 54. He is buried at Kings Creek Baptist Church Cemetery in Kings Creek, Ohio.
Heller 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
One of a party of four who, under heavy fire, voluntarily brought into the Union lines a wounded Confederate officer from whom was obtained valuable information concerning the positions of the enemy.
Citation text: U.S. Government, public domain.
Battles and campaigns
Also served in: American Civil War.
Places
- Buried: Kings Creek Baptist Church Cemetery — map
Timeline
- 1841Born in Clarion, Clarion County, Pennsylvania
- May 2, 1863Act of valor — Chancellorsville, VirginiaAge about 22. Company A, 66th Ohio Infantry
- July 29, 1892Medal of Honor presented
- December 14, 1895DiedAge about 54.
- Resting placeKings Creek Baptist Church CemeteryKings Creek, Ohio
Biography
Henry Heller (c. 1841 – December 14, 1895) was a Union Army sergeant during the American Civil War and a recipient of America's highest military decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions at the Battle of Chancellorsville in Virginia in May 1863.
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