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Medal of Honor Recipient

Charles D. Marquette

U.S. Army · Civil War

MOH-RC-000926Source-based record

The award

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Army Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1865

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Medal of Honor

April 2, 1865

Petersburg, Virginia, USA

Rank at action
Sergeant
Service
U.S. Army
Conflict
Civil War
Unit or command
Company F, 93d Pennsylvania Infantry

Restored historic citation

Sources ↓
Capture of flag.
Preserved inherited transcription—not the restored historic citation
Sergeant Marquette, although wounded, was one of the first to plant colors on the enemy's breastworks.

Sources & record notes

General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.

  1. Charles D. Marquette — 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-000932
Transcription status
Current Society historic citation · legacy variant preserved
Last source check
2026-08-28
Entered service at
Lebanon County, Pa.
Archive transcription SHA-256
1028fa877e256a52d1494c979d4fa791b40e5ae68982d23d9f6acb951d91b10f

The reviewed historical sources explicitly identifies the imported longer wording as a later publication error and restores the historic original. The imported wording and current historic citation are preserved separately; no silent overwrite was performed.

The inherited URL no longer resolved. Official Society search located Charles D. Marquette. The reviewed historical sources states that the inherited longer citation entered the 1978 Defense Department Medal of Honor Roll in error and restores the historic original “Capture of flag.” The imported 1978 wording, the current historic wording, and the Society correction note are all preserved; no silent citation overwrite is performed.

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