Medal of Honor
December 16, 1864
Nashville, Tennessee
- Rank at action
- First Lieutenant
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- Civil War
- Unit or command
- Company C, 72d Ohio Infantry
The Citation
Sources ↓Capture of flag of 4th Florida Infantry (C.S.A.), while in advance of his lines.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- Charles H. McCleary — 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-000946
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-28
- Later or highest recorded rank
- Captain
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- 4836067ed4d7499443040e2965a618dff022bf8afd9c57f19105ae3f08c20c9b
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
The inherited record and all generated candidates use the middle initial O.; the current reference profile identifies Charles H. McCleary. Matching unit, action date, place, and citation support the correction. The inherited O. form and failed URLs remain preserved; Captain is recorded as the highest rank.