Medal of Honor
April 6, 1865
Deatonsville (Sailor's Creek), Virginia, USA
- Rank at action
- Colonel
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- Civil War
- Unit or command
- 17th Maine Infantry
The Citation
Sources ↓Displayed extraordinary gallantry in leading a charge of his regiment which resulted in the capture of a large number of prisoners and a stand of colors.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- Charles Porter Mattocks — 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-000937
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-28
- Later or highest recorded rank
- Brevet Brigadier General
- Entered service at
- Portland, Maine
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- 8e474365e08555868c0dea9491dc579db019bbcd12fa3b41976fd0800a568872
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
The reference profile expands the name, records Colonel at action and Brevet Brigadier General as the highest rank, and supplies the historical Deatonsville (Sailor's Creek) action place. The inherited Major rank and geocoder place remain preserved; the citation matches exactly.