Medal of Honor
February 22, 1864
Ivy Farm, Mississippi, USA
- Rank at action
- Private
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- U.S. Civil War
- Unit or command
- Company D, 4th Missouri Cavalry
The Citation
Sources ↓Voluntarily risked his life by taking a horse, under heavy fire, beyond the line of battle for the rescue of his captain, whose horse had been killed in a charge and who was surrounded by the enemy's skirmishers.
Separately preserved current-source wording
Captured from the linked current recipient source; it is not a new comparison with an original General Order.
Voluntarily risked his life by taking a horse, under heavy fire beyond the line of battle for the rescue of his captain, whose horse had been killed in a charge and who was surrounded by the enemy's skirmishers.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- Charles Bieger — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-26
current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison
Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
- Award ID
- MOH-AW-000596
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-26
- Entered service at
- St. Louis, Mo.
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- ba3714a101e5155d839f99b84c7359f54823846cd74fc36136ec08aa6fd2bfc4
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
The current reference profile replaces the inherited state-only location with Ivy Farm, Mississippi.