Medal of Honor
September 29, 1864
Fort Harrison, Virginia, USA
- Rank at action
- Corporal
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- U.S. Civil War
- Unit or command
- Company H, 188th Pennsylvania Infantry
The Citation
Sources ↓Planted first national colors on the fortifications.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- Charles Blucher — 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-001380
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-28
- Later or highest recorded rank
- Sergeant
- Entered service at
- Harrisburgh, Pa.
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- 6d44155554c65cf8b889f0c45002c18167b852f0d3d4ac3ace005a8ca8f87e43
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
Current reference profile confirms identity and core action metadata; legacy full citation text and source-row provenance are retained; General Order comparison remains pending.