File No. R. & P. 517,138.
March 14, 1899.
Captain Henry C. Meyer,
The Engineering Record,
277 Pearl Street,
New York City.
Sir:
I have the honor to advise you that, by direction of the President and under the provisions of the Act of Congress approved March 3, 1863, a Congressional Medal of Honor has this day been awarded to you for distinguished gallantry in action near Petersburg, Virginia, June 17, 1864, the following being a statement of the particular service rendered on that occasion:
"During an assault upon the enemy's works, this officer rendered heroic assistance to a helpless brother officer in the face of a heavy fire, thereby saving his life, and in the performance of this gallant act sustained a severe wound."
The Medal will be forwarded to you, by registered mail, as soon as it shall have been properly engraved.
Very respectfully,
G. D. Meikeljohn,
Assistant Secretary of War.
EXTRACT FROM GENERAL NEWBERRY'S RECORDS
Chicago, April 11, 1898.