Horace Capron Jr.
Horace Capron Jr. | |
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| File:Horace Capron Jr. (1839–1864).png | |
| Born | October 27, 1839 Laurel, Maryland, U.S. |
| Died | February 6, 1864 (aged 24) Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Buried | Springdale Cemetery and Mausoleum, Peoria, Illinois, U.S. |
| Allegiance | File:Flag of the United States (1861-1863).svg United States of America |
| Branch | File:Flag of the United States Army.svg United States Army |
| Service years | 1861–1864 |
| Rank | First Lieutenant |
| Unit | Illinois 8th Illinois Cavalry Illinois 14th Illinois Cavalry |
| Awards | File:Medal of Honor ribbon.svg Medal of Honor |
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Horace Capron Jr. (October 27, 1839 – February 6, 1864) was an American soldier who fought in the American Civil War. Capron received the country's highest award for bravery during combat, the Medal of Honor, for his action at Chickahominy and Ashland in Virginia in June 1862.[1]
Biography
[edit | edit source]Capron was born in Laurel, Maryland, on October 27, 1839.[a][1][2] The 1860 U.S. census identifies him as the son of head-of-household Horace Capron in Peoria, Illinois.[3]
He joined the 8th Illinois Cavalry at Peoria as a corporal in September 1861, and was promoted to sergeant in 1862.[4] He was later commissioned as a first lieutenant of the 14th Illinois Cavalry, his father's regiment.[5] Capron's horse was killed during a skirmish in September 1863 near Kingsport, Tennessee.[6]
Capron was mortally wounded on February 2, 1864, during a charge near Qualla Town, North Carolina.[7] He died from his wounds on February 6, 1864,[5] in Knoxville, Tennessee, where he had been transported.[8] His remains are interred at the Springdale Cemetery and Mausoleum in Peoria. He was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor on September 27, 1865.[4][9][10]
Medal of Honor citation
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Notes
[edit | edit source]- ^ While his tombstone identifies his birth year as 1840, a family website cites a FamilySearch "Maryland Births and Christenings" publication that lists Capron's birth on October 27, 1839. The Martyrs and Heroes of Illinois in the Great Rebellion, 1865, also gives this date.[2]
References
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External links
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- 1839 births
- 1864 deaths
- People of Illinois in the American Civil War
- Union army officers
- United States Army Medal of Honor recipients
- American Civil War recipients of the Medal of Honor
- People from Laurel, Maryland
- Military personnel from Peoria, Illinois
- Union military personnel killed in the American Civil War