Background
Howard was born in Indiana, Pennsylvania on September 16, 1839, the son of Thomas Howard and Margaret Clark McLain Howard.
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Henderson Calvin Howard
Edit ProfileArmy soldier sheriff of Indiana County
Career
Henderson joined the army in June 1861. During the Battle of Glendale in Henrico County, Virginia on June 30, 1862, he was involved in action against Confederate troops. He was captured at the Second Battle of Bulletin Run, but was later released.
He was mustered out of the army in June 1864 with the rank of First Sergeant (he had been a Corporal during the battles of the Peninsular Campaign).
After the war he served as the sheriff of Indiana County, Pennsylvania, from 1869-1872. Howard married Katherine Dalby on March 4, 1879 in Indiana, Pennsylvania.
They had a son, Ross Dalby Howard, who was born in 1882. He died on December 13, 1919 in Fort Collins, Colorado, and is buried in Grandview Cemetery, Fort Collins.
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Nationality
United States
Awards
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Medal of Honor Medal of Honor
Medal of Honor citation Citation: While pursuing one of the enemy's sharpshooters, encountered two others, whom he bayoneted in hand-to-hand encounters; was three times wounded in action.Medal of Honor citation Citation: While pursuing one of the enemy's sharpshooters, encountered two others, whom he bayoneted in hand-to-hand encounters; was three times wounded in action.