b. 10/04/1842 Chatham, New York. d. 18/04/1913 Albany, New York.
DATE OF MOH ACTION: 02/07/1863 Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
Harrison Clark MOH
Clark was born in Chatham, New York on 10 April 1842. Before the onset of the Civil War he was a carriage maker.
He enlisted into the 125th New York Infantry. On 2 July 1863 he performed an act of bravery during the Battle of Gettysburg that earned him the Medal of Honor award. After this event he was promoted to color sergeant. Clark also participated in the Battle of the Wilderness in May 1864. Despite being shot in the leg, he kept on fighting, an act which led to his field promotion to 2nd Lieutenant. He mustered out of the service on 4 September 1865, at the conclusion of the war.
Clark married Harriet Emeline Johnson, with whom he had three children. Following the war he was a proprietor at an opera house. He was later Keeper of the Bureau of Military Services. He finally received the Medal of Honor on 11 June 1895, nearly 32 years after Gettysburg.
MOH CITATION:
Seized the colors and advanced with them after the color bearer had been shot.
BURIAL LOCATION: ALBANY RURAL CEMETERY, ALBANY, NEW YORK.
SECTION 112, LOT 153
LOCATION OF MEDAL: UNKNOWN.
