Medal of Honor
May 12, 1864
Spotsylvania Courthouse, Virginia, USA
- Rank at action
- Corporal
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- Civil War
- Unit or command
- Company H, 26th Michigan Infantry
The Citation
Sources ↓Captured a Confederate color in a charge, threw the flag over in front of the works, and continued in the charge upon the enemy.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- Alexander U. McHale — 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-000953
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-28
- Later or highest recorded rank
- Sergeant
- Entered service at
- Muskegon, Mich.
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- 749ccb5c94fc0338570e3d585e3a019603cfb7bcdc41392d1e6e6ee0ab8289be
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
The reference profile corrects surname capitalization, supplies Sergeant as the highest rank, and specifies Spotsylvania Courthouse rather than the inherited broader place. The citation matches exactly.