Medal of Honor
January 15, 1865
Fort Fisher, North Carolina, USA
- Rank at action
- Private
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- Civil War
- Unit or command
- Company G, 142d New York Infantry
- Presentation date
- December 28, 1914
The Citation
Sources ↓Voluntarily advanced with the head of the column and cut down the palisading.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- Alaric B. Chapin — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-28
current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison
Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
- Award ID
- MOH-AW-001403
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-28
- Entered service at
- Pamelia, N.Y.
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- e677f30f98c2fb0d63e991b85ec05c33d5c481e9b0d694c81d848beea2091df4
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
Current reference profile confirms identity and core action metadata; legacy full citation text and source-row provenance are retained; General Order comparison remains pending.