Joseph Henry Shea
Born: Baltimore, Maryland
Home Town: New Bern, North Carolina
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Date of Issue: March 1866
The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Private Joseph Henry Shea, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism on 29 September 1864, while serving with Company K, 92d New York Infantry, in action at Chapin’s Farm, Virginia, for gallantry in bringing wounded from the field under heavy fire.