Medal of Honor
May 12, 1864
Spotsylvania, Virginia, USA
- Rank at action
- First Lieutenant
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- U.S. Civil War
- Unit or command
- Company H, 61st Pennsylvania Infantry
The Citation
Sources ↓Although severely wounded, he led the regiment against the enemy, under a terrific fire, and saved a battery from capture.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- Charles H Clausen — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-27
current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison
Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
- Award ID
- MOH-AW-000669
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-27
- Entered service at
- Philadelphia, Pa.
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- 648b328c78b3fad35d325e0873e42206853c7a401aaf791905dd0033db05af7d
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
Current official Society evidence confirms the identity and core action record; historical action wording replaces inherited geocoder text while all inherited values and the complete legacy citation remain preserved.