The President of the United States
in the name of
The Congress
takes pleasure in presenting the

Medal of Honor

to

 

FREEMAN, HENRY B.

Rank and Organization: First Lieutenant, 18th U.S. Infantry. Place and Date: At Stone River, Tenn., 31 December 1862. Entered Service At: Mount Vernon, Ohio. Birth: Mount Vernon, Ohio. Date of Issue: 17 February 1894.

Citation:

Voluntarily went to the front and picked up and carried to a place of safety, under a heavy fire from the enemy, an acting field officer who had been wounded, and was about to fall into enemy hands.