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Medal of Honor Recipient

Charles H. Marsh

U.S. Army · Civil War

MOH-RC-001528Source-based record

The award

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Army Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1864

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Medal of Honor

July 31, 1864

Back Creek Valley, near North Mountain, West Virginia, USA

Rank at action
Private
Service
U.S. Army
Conflict
Civil War
Unit or command
Company D, 1st Connecticut Cavalry

The Citation

Sources ↓
Capture of flag and its bearer.
Separately preserved current-source wording

Captured from the linked current recipient source; it is not a new comparison with an original General Order.

For gallantry in capturing a Black Flag and its bearer from Lt. Gen. Jubal A. Early's (C.S.A.) command, at Back Creek Valley, near North Mountain, W. Va. 31 July 1864.

Sources & record notes

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

  1. Charles H. Marsh — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-29

    current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison

  2. Charles H. Marsh — U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index ↗U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index · Checked 2026-08-29

    legacy-aligned abbreviated citation and Back Creek Valley, Virginia action-place rendering

Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
Award ID
MOH-AW-001536
Transcription status
Conflicting official citation variants preserved
Last source check
2026-08-29
Entered service at
New Milford, Conn.
Archive transcription SHA-256
29c282b0b38a986cf30fa73e5697d2fd8b46cd6921baa840ce06f8e6811311b4

Official institutional sources disagree on a citation detail. The inherited canonical wording and the current Society wording are retained separately with supporting source records; no silent overwrite was performed.

The current Society citation rendering and the inherited citation are retained separately with independent checksums; no silent citation replacement occurred. The current profile provides the fuller Black Flag action wording; the inherited shorter citation remains the canonical legacy transcription and is preserved verbatim. The current Army index retains the shorter legacy-aligned citation and Virginia place rendering; that official variant is preserved beside the Society rendering.

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