Medal of Honor
September 29, 1864
Chapin's Farm, Virginia, USA
- Rank at action
- Private
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- Civil War
- Unit or command
- Company D, 4th U.S. Colored Infantry
The Citation
Sources ↓Seized the national colors after 2 color bearers had been shot down close to the enemy's works, and bore them through the remainder of the battle.
Separately preserved current-source wording
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Seized the national colors, after two color bearers had been shot down close to the enemy's works, and bore them through the remainder of the battle.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- Charles Veal — 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-001183
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-28
- Entered service at
- Portsmouth, Va.
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- 5d1db55c60fa3ab2bc3f3c582424dc4b49fd188f473973bf38cc157c5d5089c3
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
The reference profile records Charles Veale as an alternate spelling. Both renderings remain attached to one canonical identity; no duplicate identity was created.