Henry Clay Warfel MOH

b. 14/09/1844 Mill Creek, Pennsylvania. d. 17/06/1923 Philipsburg, Pennsylvania.

DATE OF MOH ACTION: 05/04/1865 Paine’s Crossroads, Virginia.

Henry C Warfel MOH

Henry C. Warfel enlisted first with the 125th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry in August 1862. His unit fought at Antietam and Chancellorsville. He re-enlisted, with the 195th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, in 1863 and was then transferred to Company A of the 1st Pennsylvania Cavalry. He participated in the Grand Review of the Armies in Washington, D.C., in May 1865, and was discharged on May 27, 1865, having received his Medal on May 3.

 

MOH CITATION:

Capture of Virginia state colors.

 

BURIAL LOCATION: PHILIPSBURG CEMETERY, PHILIPSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

LOT 166.

LOCATION OF MEDAL: UNKNOWN.