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Medal of Honor Recipient

Charles Amory Clark

U.S. Army · U.S. Civil War

MOH-RC-000659Source-based record

The award

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Army Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1863

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Medal of Honor

May 4, 1863

Brooks Ford, Virginia, USA

Rank at action
Lieutenant & Adjutant
Service
U.S. Army
Conflict
U.S. Civil War
Unit or command
6th Maine Infantry

The Citation

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Having voluntarily taken command of his regiment in the absence of its commander, at great personal risk and with remarkable presence of mind and fertility of resource led the command down an exceedingly precipitous embankment to the Rappahannock River and by his gallantry, coolness, and good judgment in the face of the enemy saved the command from capture or destruction.
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Having voluntarily taken command of his regiment in the absence of its commander, at great personal risk and with remarkable presence of mind and fertility of resource, Clark led the command down an exceedingly precipitous embankment to the Rappahannock River and by his gallantry, coolness, and good judgment in the face of the enemy saved the command from capture or destruction.

Sources & record notes

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  1. Charles Amory Clark — 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-000665
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-27
Later or highest recorded rank
Brevet Lieutenant Colonel
Archive transcription SHA-256
94513fc78fcb0754a87d15ba76ef54ea59aa1ad105afd9f83d781865baf9bd17

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.

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