Sergt. Henry F. W. Little, 7th New Hampshire Infantry, Co. D; b. Manchester; age 19; res. Manchester; enl. Sept. 17, ’61; must. in Nov. 8, ’61, as Corp.; app. Sergt. Mar. 28, ’62; re-enl. and must. in Feb. 28, ’64; app. 2 Lt. Co. E, Oct. 28, ’64; disch. to date Dec. 31, ’64, to accept promotion in the 4th US Infantry. appt. 1 Lt. Oct. 11, ’64; app. 1 Lt. 29 Infantry., United States Colored Troops., Jan. 1, ’65; must. Jan. 1, ’65; assigned to Co. B; disch. to date Apr. 3, ’65. Awarded Medal of Honor under resolution of Congress, No. 43, approved July 12, ’62, and section 6 of act of Congress, approved Mar. 3, ’63, for gallantry on the skirmish line Sept., ’64, near Richmond, Va. The citation reads as follows: The President of the United States of America, [then Ulysses S. Grant] in the name of Congress,takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Sergeant Henry F. W. Little, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism on September, 1864, while serving with Company D, 7th New Hampshire Infantry, in action at Richmond, Virginia, for gallantry on the skirmish line.
General Orders: Date of Issue: January 14, 1870. P. O. ad., Manchester, NH.
Photographed by D. O. Furnald, Manchester, New Hampshire.
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