Henry T. Johns

Henry T. Johns (April 8, 1828 - May 13, 1906) was a Union Army soldier in the American Civil War who received the U.S. military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor.

Johns was born in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania on April 8, 1828 and entered service at Hinsdale, Massachusetts. He was awarded the Medal of Honor, for extraordinary heroism on May 27, 1863, while serving as a Private with Company C, 49th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, at Port Hudson, Louisiana. His Medal of Honor was issued on November 25, 1893.

He died at the age of 78, on May 13, 1906 and was buried at the Mountain View Cemetery in Oakland, California.