Medal of Honor Recipients in the 140th


 

James J. Purman

Rank and organization: Lieutenant, Company A, 140th Pennsylvania Infantry.

Place and date: At Gettysburg, Pa., 2 July 1863. Entered service at: Greene County, Pa. Birth: ------. Dare of issue: 30 October 1896. Citation: Voluntarily assisted a wounded comrade to a place of apparent safety while the enemy were in close proximity; he received the fire of the enemy and a wound which resulted in the amputation of his left leg.


 

James Pipes

Rank and organization: Captain, Company A, 140th Pennsylvania Infantry.

Place and date: At Gettysburg, Pa., 2 July 1863; At Reams Station, Va., 25 August 1864. Entered service at: September 1862. Birth: Green County, Pa. Date of issue: 5 April 1898. Citation: While a sergeant and retiring with his company before the rapid advance of the enemy at Gettysburg, he and a companion stopped and carried to a place of safety a wounded and helpless comrade; in this act both he and his companion were severely wounded. A year later, at Reams Station, Va., while commanding a skirmish line, voluntarily assisted in checking a flank movement of the enemy, and while so doing was severely wounded, suffering the loss of an arm.


 

Henry H. Bingham

Rank and organization: Captain, Company G, 140th Pennsylvania Infantry.

Entered service at: Cannonsburg, Pa. Born: 4 December 1841, Philadelphia, Pa. Citation: At Wilderness, Va., 6 May 1864. Rallied and led into action a portion of the troops who had given way under the fierce assaults of the enemy.

Date of issue: 31 August 1893.

 

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