Henry Harrison Bingham
Born: December 4, 1841 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Home Town: Canonsburg, Pennsylvania
Date of Issue: August 31, 1893
The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Captain Henry Harrison Bingham, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism on 6 May 1864, while serving with Company G, 140th Pennsylvania Infantry, in action during the Wilderness Campaign, Virginia. Captain Bingham rallied and led into action a portion of the troops who had given way under the fierce assaults of the enemy.
