b. 28/10/1837 New Geneva, Pennsylvania. d. 09/05/1919 Bloomingburg, Ohio.
DATE OF MOH ACTION: 22/04/1863 Vicksburg, Mississippi.
Henry Casey MOH
Civil War Medal of Honor Recipient. He served as a Corporal in the Union Army in Company C, 20th Ohio Infantry. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for action on April 22, 1863 at Vicksburg, Mississippi. His citation reads “Voluntarily served as one of the crew of a transport that passed the forts under a heavy fire.” He would not receive his Medal of Honor until 34 years after Vicksburg on 17 September 1897.
MOH CITATION:
Voluntarily served as one of the crew of a transport that passed the forts under a heavy fire.
BURIAL LOCATION: BLOOMINGBURG CEMETERY, BLOOMINGBURG, OHIO.
SECTION 7, FACING THE HIGHWAY.
LOCATION OF MEDAL: UNKNOWN.
