Medal of Honor
November 25, 1863
Missionary Ridge, Tennessee, USA
- Rank at action
- Captain
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- U.S. Civil War
- Unit or command
- Company K, 100th Indiana Infantry
The Citation
Sources ↓To encourage his men whom he had ordered to lie down while under severe fire, and who were partially protected by slight earthworks, himself refused to lie down, but walked along the top of the works until he fell severely wounded.
Separately preserved current-source wording
Captured from the linked current recipient source; it is not a new comparison with an original General Order.
To encourage his men whom he had ordered to lie down while under severe fire, and who were partially protected by slight earthworks, Brouse himself refused to lie down, but walked along the top of the works until he fell severely wounded.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- Charles W Brouse — 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-000619
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-26
- Entered service at
- Indianapolis, Ind.
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- a8cc175d70279c831c368031adb1dfb2432e96658e1f33c3951c4833bb419b18
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
The current reference profile replaces the broader Chattanooga geocoder wording with Missionary Ridge and supplies the current rendered citation. The complete inherited citation remains preserved.