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Medal of Honor Recipient

Casper R Carlisle

U.S. Army · U.S. Civil War

MOH-RC-000639Source-based record

The award

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Army Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1863

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Medal of Honor

July 2, 1863

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, USA

Rank at action
Private
Service
U.S. Army
Conflict
U.S. Civil War
Unit or command
Company F, Independent Pennsylvania Light Artillery

The Citation

Sources ↓
Saved a gun of his battery under heavy musketry fire, most of the horses being killed and the drivers wounded.

Sources & record notes

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  1. Casper R Carlisle — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-27

    current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison

Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
Award ID
MOH-AW-000645
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-27
Entered service at
Allegheny County, Pa.
Archive transcription SHA-256
1ddb8585422eb091ad15c845ff28c2d105f58379dbf7d45ec840279474b1fee8

Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.

Current official Society evidence confirms the identity and core action record; historical action wording replaces inherited geocoder text while all inherited values and the complete legacy citation remain preserved.