Medal of Honor
October 27, 1864
Hatcher's Run, Virginia, USA
- Rank at action
- Private
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- Civil War
- Unit or command
- Company G, 187th New York Infantry
The Citation
Sources ↓This soldier and two others, voluntarily and under fire, rescued several wounded and helpless soldiers.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- Charles Alvin Orr — 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-000994
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-28
- Entered service at
- Bennington, N.Y.
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- e7208ddae812a91a145cb4a3b07b4bf82d2891772317a3ffaa3fdef41741ce4a
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
The current reference profile confirms the recipient, rank, unit, action date, and citation; expands the middle name and replaces the inherited modern Hatcher's Run Court geocoder result with the historical battlefield wording.