Medal of Honor
February 6, 1865
Hatcher’s Run, Virginia, USA
- Rank at action
- Sergeant
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- U.S. Civil War
- Unit or command
- Company H, 13th Pennsylvania Cavalry (Volunteers 117th Regiment)
The Citation
Sources ↓In a mounted charge, dashed into center of the enemy's line and captured the colors of the 33rd North Carolina Infantry.
Separately preserved current-source wording
Captured from the linked current recipient source; it is not a new comparison with an original General Order.
In a mounted charge, Caldwell dashed into the center of the enemy's line and captured the colors of the 33d North Carolina Infantry.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- Daniel G Caldwell — 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-000640
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-26
- Later or highest recorded rank
- Captain
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- 6032e7130cc3b5d288f2503215f87448b7c7a6e6f7cabf71a31d3b6ab4051c02
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
The current reference profile adds the middle initial G, expands the unit designation, replaces the inherited Stafford court geocoder result with Hatcher’s Run, and preserves Sergeant as the action rank and Captain as the later/highest rank.