Charles H. Houghton

Charles H. Houghton (April 30, 1842 – April 6, 1914) was a Union Army soldier in the American Civil War who received the U.S. military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor.

He died at the age of 71, on April 6, 1914, and was buried at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington.

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 Captain (Field Artillery) Charles H. Houghton, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism while serving with Company L, 14th New York Artillery at Petersburg and Fort Haskell, Virginia. In the Union assault at the Crater, 30 July 1864, and in the Confederate assault repelled at Fort Haskell 25 March 1865, Captain Hughton displayed most conspicuous gallantry and repeatedly exposed himself voluntarily to great danger, was three times wounded, and suffered loss of a leg.