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Medal of Honor Recipient

Charles F Hopkins

U.S. Army · U.S. Civil War

MOH-RC-000839Source-based record

The award

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Army Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1862

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Medal of Honor

June 27, 1862

Gaines' Mill, Virginia, USA

Rank at action
Corporal
Service
U.S. Army
Conflict
U.S. Civil War
Unit or command
Company I, 1st New Jersey Infantry

The Citation

Sources ↓
Voluntarily carried a wounded comrade, under heavy fire, to a place of safety; though twice wounded in the act, he continued in action until again severely wounded.

Sources & record notes

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

  1. Charles F Hopkins — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-27

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Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
Award ID
MOH-AW-000845
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-27
Archive transcription SHA-256
dc5d19160a7c168773587022f2a496b7abefe6f9f387d0edf4624177d051709b

Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.

The current profile supplies the historical Gaines' Mill place wording and confirms the action record.

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