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Private · U.S. Army

Pitt B. Herington

Private Pitt B. Herington, Army, received the Medal of Honor for actions on June 15, 1864 near Kenesaw Mountain, Georgia during the Civil War.

U.S. Civil War June 15, 1864

Private Pitt B. Herington was a soldier in the U.S. Army who received the Medal of Honor for his actions on June 15, 1864 near Kenesaw Mountain, Georgia during the Civil War. At the time he was serving with Company E, 11th Iowa Infantry. Herington was 23 years old.

3 other service members also received the Medal of Honor for actions on the same day. The medal was presented on November 27, 1899, 35 years after the action.

Herington was born on February 5, 1841 in Michigan. His Medal of Honor is credited to Tipton, Cedar County, Iowa. Herington died on January 15, 1919 in Wapalla, Illinois, at the age of 77. He is buried at Memorial Park in Clinton, Illinois.

Herington is one of 1,525 Medal of Honor recipients from the Civil War and one of 55 credited to Iowa.

★ Rescue & Lifesaving

Official Medal of Honor citation

With one companion and under a fierce fire of the enemy at close-range, went to the rescue of a wounded comrade who had fallen between the lines and carried him to a place of safety.

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

Battles and campaigns

Also served in: American Civil War.

Places

  • Born: Michigan — map
  • Buried: Illinois — map

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Timeline

  1. February 5, 1841
    Born in Michigan
  2. June 15, 1864
    Act of valor — near Kenesaw Mountain, Georgia
    Age 23. Company E, 11th Iowa Infantry
  3. November 27, 1899
    Medal of Honor presented
  4. January 15, 1919
    Died in Wapalla, Illinois
    Age 77.
  5. Resting place
    Memorial Park
    Clinton, Illinois

Biography

Pitt B. Herington (February 5, 1841 - January 15, 1919) was a Union Army soldier in the American Civil War who received the U.S. military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor. Herington was born in Michigan on February 5, 1841, and entered service at Tipton, Iowa. He was awarded the Medal of Honor, for extraordinary heroism on June 15, 1864, while serving as a Private with Company E, 11th Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment, at Kennesaw Mountain, Georgia. His Medal of Honor was issued, on November 27, 1899. He died at the age of 77, on January 15, 1919, and was buried at the Memorial Park Cemetery in Clinton, Illinois.

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Also honored for actions on June 15, 1864

WA William H. Appleton First Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1864 WM William B. Mayes Private · Army Civil War · 1864 JS James K. Sturgeon Private · Army Civil War · 1864

More Civil War recipients from Iowa

WM William C. May Private · Army Civil War · 1864 John Henry Hays Private · Army Civil War · 1865 Norman Francis Bates Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1865 HB Horatio L. Birdsall Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1865 James P. Miller Private · Army Civil War · 1865 AT Andrew W. Tibbets Private · Army Civil War · 1865
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.