Heinrich Hoffman was born on December 23, 1836. He served in the

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, and was a

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Recipient. He served as a Corporal in the Union Army in Company M,

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. He received the

for action on April 6, 1865, at the

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. He is buried at Old St. Joseph's Cemetery in

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Medal of Honor citation

His citation reads "Capture of flag."

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* Chester, Henry Whipple. ''Recollections of the War of the Rebellion: A Story of the 2nd Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, 1861–1865'' (Wheaton, IL: Wheaton History Center), 1996. * * Gause, Isaac. ''Four Years with Five Armies: Army of the Frontier, Army of the Potomac, Army of the Missouri, Army of the Ohio, Army of the Shenandoah'' (New York: The Neale Publishing Company), 1908. * Hatton, Robert W. ''William James Smith's Memoirs of the Second Ohio Volunteer Cavalry Company M'' (Milford, OH: Little Miami Pub. Co.), 2008. * ''List of Skirmishes, Battles and Raids, Second Ohio Cavalry, Twenty-Fifth Ohio Battery, 1861–1865'' (Cleveland, OH: s.n.), 1898. * * * ''Report and Minutes of the Re-Union of the 2nd Ohio Cavalry and 25th Ohio Battery, Held at Youngstown, Ohio, Oct. 10, 1907'' (S.l.: s.n.), 1907. * ''Report of the Reunion: The 2nd Ohio Cavalry, 25th Ohio Battery, Held at Cleveland, Ohio, October Nineteenth, 1915'' (Cleveland, OH: 2nd Ohio Volunteer Cavalry Association), 1915. * Roberts, Joseph N. ''Reminiscences of the Civil War'' (S.l.: s.n.), 1925. uthor was a private in Company M* ''Second Regiment Ohio Cavalry, 25th Battery: Stenographic Report of Proceedings of the Thirty-Eighth Reunion Held at Cleveland, Ohio, September 30, 1903'' (Cleveland, OH: O. S. Hubbell Print. Co), 1903. * * * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hoffman, Heinrich 1836 births 1894 deaths People of Ohio in the American Civil War United States Army soldiers United States Army Medal of Honor recipients Military personnel from Cincinnati American Civil War recipients of the Medal of Honor Burials at Old St. Joseph's Cemetery German emigrants to the United States

Medal of Honor citation

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