There are twenty Medals awarded for actions on this day, one of them posthumously. Fifteen from the Civil War, one from the Indian Campaigns, two from the Philippine Insurrection, and two from Vietnam.Civil War. The Wilderness fight in 1864 dominates, though there is one Medal resulting from the difficult task of retrreating the Army of the Potomac from the Chancellorsville area.BINGHAM, HENRY H. Rank and organization: Captain, Company G, 140th Pennsylvania Infantry. Place and date: At Wilderness, Va., 6 May 1864. Entered service at: Cannonsburg, Pa. Born: 4 December 1841, Philadelphia, Pa. Date of issue: 31 August 1893. Citation: Rallied...
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