The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to First Lieutenant (Cavalry) Henry G. Bonebrake, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism on 1 April 1865, while serving with Company G, 17th Pennsylvania Cavalry, in action at Five Forks, Virginia. As one of the first of Devin’s Division to enter the works, First Lieutenant Bonebrake fought in a hand-to-hand struggle with a Confederate to capture his flag by superior physical strength.