Medal of Honor
May 5, 1864
Wilderness Campaign, Virginia, USA
- Rank at action
- Sergeant
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- Civil War
- Unit or command
- Company I, 62d New York Infantry
The Citation
Sources ↓Voluntarily rushed back into the enemy's lines, took the colors from the color sergeant, who was mortally wounded, and, although himself wounded, carried them through the fight.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- Charles E. Morse — 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-000976
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-28
- Entered service at
- New York
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- 08f61ccc0f968d3d7474748a8d1fc9d76cea429187f13f86dc76b9a73fe6ca99
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
The current profile confirms the recipient and award and uses the historical Wilderness Campaign wording for the action place.