Guy Vernor Henry
Born: March 9, 1839 at Fort Smith, Indian Territory
Home Town: Reading, Pennsylvania
Date of Issue: December 5, 1893
The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Colonel Guy Vernor Henry, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism on 1 June 1864, while serving with 40th Massachusetts Infantry, in action at Cold Harbor, Virginia. Colonel Henry led the assaults of his brigade upon the enemy’s works, where he had two horses shot under him.
