HARDENBERGH - 39th Illinois Infantry
Seeking information regarding Private HENRY M. HARDENBERGH, Company G, 39th Illinois Infantry who won the Medal of Honor at Deep Bottom, Virginia, 16 August 1864. He was killed in action twelve days later, 28 August 1864, near Petersburg, Virginia. His medal was issued 6 April 1865 or 10 May 1884 - depending on which of several sources you consult. He was born in York Township, Noble County, Indiana about 1840 and enlisted at New Bremen Township (now Tinley Park), Cook County, Illinois in August 1861. Trying to develop family history information as well as determine what happened to his medal.
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