Lexington Park in St. Mary's County, Maryland — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Sergeant James H. Harris
Medal of Honor
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company B, 38th U.S. Colored Troops. Place and date: At New Market Heights, VA., 29 September 1864. Birth: St. Mary's County, MD. Date of issue: 18 February 1874.
Citation: Gallantry in the assault.
James H. Harris entered the service at Great Mills, Maryland on February 14, 1864. He was born in St. Mary's County in 1828 and was listed as a farmer when he joined the U.S. Army. According to official records, Sgt. "Harris spent nine months in the hospital after being wounded at New Market Heights. He was mustered out of service on January 25, 1867 at Indianola, Texas. Although no reason is given in his records, he left the Army as a Private. He spent his later years as a carpenter in Washington, D.C., receiving an Army pension of $12.00 a month at the time of his death on January 28, 1898. He is buried at the Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia (Section 27; Grave 985-H)." Harris was not presented the Medal of Honor until February 18, 1874. An order from General Benjamin Butler, dated 11 October 1864, had this to say: "Sergeant Harris, Company B, Thirty-Eighth U.S.
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Topics and series. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: African Americans • War, US Civil. In addition, it is included in the Medal of Honor Recipients series list. A significant historical date for this entry is January 25, 1867.
Location. 38° 15.654′ N, 76° 26.951′ W. Memorial is in Lexington Park, Maryland, in St. Mary's County. It is on Rennell Avenue West 0.2 miles east of Willows Road, on the left when traveling east. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 21550 Willows Rd, Lexington Park MD 20653, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial is in Southern Maryland. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Upper South, in the Mid-Atlantic, in the Tidewater, in the Chesapeake Bay Region, and on the Eastern Seaboard. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once one of the original Thirteen Colonies and also the Antebellum South.
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