Horace Capron, Jr.
Born: 1840 at Laurel, Maryland
Home Town: Peoria, Illinois
Status: KIA
Medal of Honor
U.S. Army
American Civil War
Date of Issue: September 27, 1865
The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pride in presenting the Medal of Honor (Posthumously) to Sergeant Horace Capron, Jr., United States Army, for extraordinary heroism on June, 1862, while serving with Company G, 8th Illinois Cavalry, in action at Chickahominy & Ashland, Virginia, for gallantry in action.