Medal of Honor
May 3, 1863
Chancellorsville, Virginia, USA
- Rank at action
- Private
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- Civil War
- Unit or command
- Company B, 11th New Jersey Infantry
The Citation
Sources ↓Remained in the rifle pits after the others had retreated, firing constantly, and contesting the ground step by step.
Sources & record notes
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- Albert Oss — 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-000998
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-28
- Entered service at
- Newark, N.J.
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- e84bd68edec868bebe71966181e65f8411e1fe9d5e47a23aaca1d8a22de17190
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
The current reference profile confirms the inherited identity, unit, action date, and citation, adds the action rank, and normalizes the historical action place.