John Henry Balch

Pharmacist's Mate First Class

Company Corpsman, 1st Battallion, 6th Marines, 6th Marine Regiment, Quantico, Virginia

Petty Officer Balch was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions during the WWI battle near Vierzy, France on 19 July 1918.

"While under intense machine-gun and ...

Gen. John Henry Winder, C.S.A.

1800-1865

Born near Nanticoke, John Henry Winder was successively a graduate and instructor at West Point. A veteran of the Seminole and Mexican wars, Gen. Winder joined the Confederacy in 1861, and eventually directed all Confederate military prisons east of the ...

The Battle of Henry Johnson

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The Battle of Henry Johnson

First American Awarded

Croix De Guerre

with

Gold Palm

For

Valor

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In Memory of Sergeant Henry Lincoln Johnson Albany, New York for uncommon valor in combat against an armed enemy May 14th, 1918 while serving with Company C 369th Infantry ...

John Henry

Ledgendary 'Steel Drivin' Man'

The story of "steel driving' man" John Henry is one of America's most enduring legends. The strong ex-slave became a folk hero during construction of the Columbus & Western Railroad between Goodwater and Birmingham. He drilled holes ...

John Henry Smyth

(14 July 1844–5 Sept. 1908)

Born in Richmond, Va., to a free black mother and enslaved father, John Henry Smyth graduated from Howard University Law School in Washington, D.C., in 1872 and worked variously as a teacher, bank cashier, lawyer, and ...

John Henry Logan

December 7, 1821 - March 29, 1885

Teacher, Historian, Physician

Born and reared near this spot, John Henry Logan first practiced medicine and taught school in this region before publishing in 1859 his History of Upper South Carolina. He served as a ...

John Henry Wisdom

(The Paul Revere Of The Confederacy)

On the night of May 2nd and the morning of May 3rd, 1863, John Wisdom rode 67 miles, from Gadsden, Ala. To Rome, Ga. Under very harassing conditions, to warn the citizens of Col. A. ...