Henry G. Bonebrake
Name: Henry G. Bonebrake
Affiliation: Union
Unit: 17th PA Cav., 162nd Regt.
Race: White
Place of Birth/Residence: Waynesboro, Franklin County, PA
Enlistment Date: 09/26/1862
Company: G
Rank at End of Service: 1st Lieutenant
Notes:
Enlisted in Franklin Co., PA as a 1st Sgt.; promotions: from 2nd Lt. to 1st Lt. 12-26-1864; received a Medal of Honor for his service at Five Forks, VA on 1/4/1865 - the accompanying citation reads: "As 1 of the first of Devin's Division to enter the works, he fought in a hand-to-hand struggle with a Confederate to capture his flag by superior physical strength."
Source(s):
Medal of Honor Recipients, U.S. Army Center of Military History, www.history.army.mil; Soldiers’ Records for Franklin County, Pennsylvania, on the website “Valley of the Shadow: Two Communities in the American Civil War,” Virginia Center for Digital History, University of Virginia (http://valley.lib.virginia.edu/dossiers); Soldiers and Sailors Database, National Park Service, http://www.nps.gov/civilwar/soldiers-and-sailors-database.htm.
