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{{Infobox military person
|name          = Herbert E. Farnsworth
|image         = Farnsworth , Herbert E. c1864 public domain.jpg
|caption       = Medal of Honor winner Sergeant Major Herbert E. Farnsworth 1864
|birth_date    = {{birth date|1834|08|23}}
|death_date    = {{death date and age|1908|07|04|1834|08|23}}
|birth_place   = [[Perrysburg, New York|Perrysburg]], [[New York (state)|New York]]
|death_place   = [[Pomeroy, Washington|Pomeroy]], [[Washington (state)|Washington]]
|placeofburial = Pomeroy City Cemetery
|allegiance    = [[United States of America]]
|branch        = [[United States Army]]<br/>[[Union Army]]
|serviceyears  = 1861 - 1865
|rank          = [[File:USA_SMAJ_Cav_1859.jpg|20px|frameless|left]]<span style="display:none">E-09</span>[[Sergeant major#United States|Sergeant Major]]
|unit          = {{Flagicon|New York|1778}} [[10th New York Volunteer Cavalry Regiment]]
|battles       = [[Battle of Trevilian Station]]
|awards        = {{Flagicon image|Medal of Honor ribbon.svg}} [[Medal of Honor]]
}}
[[File:Farnsworth , Herbert E. c1898 public domain.jpg|thumb|Medal of Honor winner Sergeant Major Herbert E. Farnsworth 1898]]
'''Herbert E. Farnsworth''' (August 23, 1834 – July 4, 1908) was an American soldier who fought in the [[American Civil War]]. Farnsworth received the country's highest award for bravery during combat, the [[Medal of Honor]], for his action during the [[Battle of Trevilian Station]] at Trevilian Station in Virginia on 11 June 1864. He was honored with the award on 1 April 1898.<ref name="History">{{Cite web |url=http://www.history.army.mil/moh/civilwar_af.html |title=Civil War (A-L) Medal of Honor Recipients |accessdate=19 November 2013 |archive-date=3 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303175923/http://www.history.army.mil/html/moh/civwaral.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="Projects">{{Cite web |url=https://valor.militarytimes.com/hero/1338 |title=Herbert E. Farnsworth |access-date=19 November 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131226215307/http://projects.militarytimes.com/citations-medals-awards/recipient.php?recipientid=1338 |archive-date=26 December 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref>
==Biography==
Farnsworth was born in Perrysburg, New York on 23 August 1834. He joined the [[10th New York Cavalry]] as a [[bugler (rank)|bugler]] in September 1861. By June 1864, the time of his meritorious action, he was the regiment's [[Sergeant major#United States|Sergeant Major]].  He was commissioned as a [[first lieutenant]] in August 1864 and mustered out in June 1865.<ref>[http://dmna.ny.gov/historic/reghist/civil/rosters/cavalry/10thCavCW_Roster.pdf Regimental Roster]</ref> Farnsworth died on 4 July 1908 and his remains are interred at the Pomeroy City Cemetery in Washington.
==Medal of Honor citation==
{{quotation|The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Sergeant Major Herbert E. Farnsworth, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism on 11 June 1864, while serving with 10th New York Cavalry (Porter Guard), in action at Trevilian Station, Virginia. Sergeant Major Farnsworth voluntarily carried a message which stopped the firing of a Union battery into his regiment, in which service he crossed a ridge in plain view and swept by the fire of both armies.<ref name="History"/><ref name="Projects"/>}}
==See also==
{{Portal|Biography|American Civil War}}
*[[List of American Civil War Medal of Honor recipients: A–F]]
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