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Thomas Guinn

Private Thomas Guinn, 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

Private Thomas Guinn, a soldier in the U.S. Army, received the Medal of Honor for gallantry on May 22, 1863 in Vicksburg, Mississippi during the Civil War. At the time he was serving with Company D, 47th Ohio Infantry. Guinn was 27 years old.

99 other service members also received the Medal of Honor for actions on the same day. The medal was presented on August 21, 1894, 31 years after the action.

Guinn was born on March 5, 1836 in Clinton County, Ohio. His Medal of Honor is credited to Oxford, Butler County, Ohio. Guinn died on September 12, 1908 in New Westville, Ohio, at the age of 72. He is buried at Springlawn Cemetery in New Paris, Ohio.

Guinn 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: Clinton County — map
  • Died: Ohio — map
  • Buried: Springlawn Cemetery — map

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Timeline

  1. March 5, 1836
    Born in Clinton County, Ohio
  2. May 22, 1863
    Act of valor — Vicksburg, Mississippi
    Age 27. Company D, 47th Ohio Infantry
  3. August 21, 1894
    Medal of Honor presented
  4. September 12, 1908
    Died in New Westville, Ohio
    Age 72.
  5. Resting place
    Springlawn Cemetery
    New Paris, Ohio

Biography

Thomas Guinn (1836 – 1908) 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

John Wollam Private · Army Civil War · 1862 HH Henry Heller Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1863 George V. Kelley Captain · Army Civil War · 1864 FM Francis M. McMillen Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1865 Milton Murray Holland Sergeant Major · Army Civil War · 1864 William Henry harrison Reddick Corporal · Army Civil War · 1862
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.