Eugene M. Tinkham

The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Corporal Eugene M. Tinkham, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism on 3 June 1864, while serving with Company H, 148th New York Infantry, in action at Cold Harbor, Virginia. Though himself wounded, Corporal Tinkham voluntarily left the rifle pits, crept out between the lines and, exposed to the severe fire of the enemy’s guns at close range, brought within the lines two wounded and helpless comrades.