Henry C. Slusher (May 10, 1846 - March 12, 1923) was a private in the United States Army who was awarded the Medal of Honor for actions performed on 11 September 1863 at Moorefield, West Virginia.
Personal life Slusher was born on May 10, 1846, in Washington County, Pennsylvania.
Military service Slusher enlisted as a private in the Army on 14 October 1862 and was mustered into Company F of the 22nd Pennsylvania Cavalry. Later, while serving with Troop E of Ringgold's Independent Volunteer Cavalry, he participated in an ambush against a group of Mosby's Guerillas who had taken 146 Union soldiers prisoner in a prior engagement. After spotting his messmate William P. Hagner amongst the prisoners, he charged across the river and engaged the Confederates in hand-to-hand combat. He was eventually taken prisoner and was kept in Libby Prison in Richmond, Virginia.Beydel, Walter; Keydel, Oscar (1901). Deeds of Valor: How America's Heroes Won the Medal of Honor; Personal Reminiscences and Records of Officers and Enlisted Men who Were Awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for Most Conspicuous Acts of Bravery in Battle. Combined with an Abridged History of Our Country's Wars, Volume 1. Perrien-Keydel Company.
Slusher's Medal of Honor citation reads:
He was mustered out of the Army on 19 July 1865.
Death He died on March 12, 1923, in Washington, Pennsylvania and was buried in Lone Pine Cemetery, Amwell Township, Pennsylvania.
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