Medal of Honor
April 19, 1865
Greensboro, North Carolina, USA
- Rank at action
- Lieutenant Colonel
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- U.S. Civil War
- Unit or command
- 15th Pennsylvania Cavalry
The Citation
Sources ↓With a force of but 75 men, while on a scouting expedition, by a judicious disposition of his men, surprised and captured an entire battalion of the enemy's cavalry.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- Charles Malone Betts — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-26
current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison
Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
- Award ID
- MOH-AW-000594
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-26
- Entered service at
- Philadelphia, Pa.
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- 7a2db02fabeeeb0e514d6d435d9cb9d6022dd97024bd1833465d586ddd7a1e16
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
Current reference profile expands the middle name and confirms the award record.