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Medal of Honor Recipient

Christian A Fleetwood

U.S. Army · U.S. Civil War

MOH-RC-000746Source-based record

The award

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Army Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1864

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Medal of Honor

September 29, 1864

Chapin's Farm, Virginia, USA

Rank at action
Sergeant Major
Service
U.S. Army
Conflict
U.S. Civil War
Unit or command
4th U.S. Colored Troops

The Citation

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Seized the colors, after 2 color bearers had been shot down, and bore them nobly through the fight.
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Seized the colors, after two color bearers had been shot down, and bore them nobly through the fight.

Sources & record notes

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  1. Christian A Fleetwood — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-27

    current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison

  2. Christian A Fleetwood — U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index ↗U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index · Checked 2026-08-27

    official Army unit wording and citation for Christian A Fleetwood

Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
Award ID
MOH-AW-000752
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-27
Other source unit wording
4th U.S. Colored Infantry
Archive transcription SHA-256
eb07981276981f72c173a198a1b16c104c13c58527ec227e4b8e6f40ce7a34a1

Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.

The Society structured profile says 4th U.S. Colored Infantry, while the Army index and inherited citation say 4th U.S. Colored Troops. The Army/inherited form is canonical; both official renderings and complete citations remain preserved.

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