HILL, HENRY: Pottsville 1843, Corporal, Company C, 50th Pennsylvania Infantry.. Wilderness, Va., 6 May 1864. Citation: 23 September 1897 reads "This soldier, with one companion, would not retire when his regiment fell back in confusion after an unsuccessful charge, but instead, advanced and continued firing upon the enemy until the regiment reformed and regained its position." (3/4/99 - from the papers of Brevet Major General St. Clair A. Mulholland) It seems that Corporal Hill is the only Schuylkill County soldier to win the Medal of Honor during the Civil War by NOT capturing or re-capturing a flag on the field of battle. Hill, a native of Pottsville, spent most of his life in Schuylkill Haven and spent his early days on the local canal boats. Upon his death on August 3, 1909, at Schuylkill Haven at the age of 66, Hill's obituary said "he was severely wounded by a bursting shell at Cold Harbor and was voted a medal for bravery." The battle of Cold Harbor began June 3, 1864, and Henry Hill served a three year enlistment in Company C, then re-enlisted and took part in battles in the Shenandoah Valley and at Spottsylvania, Beaufort, Cold Run, Chantilly, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Wilderness and Cold Harbor. Henry Hill spent his post war years employed as a night watchman and turnkey at the Schuylkill County Prison. Died August 2, 1909, buried Union Cemetery, Schuylkill Haven, Pa.