Medal of Honor
December 4, 1864
Waynesboro, Georgia, USA
- Rank at action
- First Lieutenant
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- U.S. Civil War
- Unit or command
- Company L, 10th Ohio Cavalry
The Citation
Sources ↓While acting as aide-de-camp to a general officer, he 3 times asked permission to join his regiment in a proposed charge upon the enemy, and in response to the last request, having obtained such permission, joined his regiment and fought bravely at its head throughout the action.
Separately preserved current-source wording
Captured from the linked current recipient source; it is not a new comparison with an original General Order.
While acting as aide-de-camp to a general officer, he three times asked permission to join his regiment in a proposed charge upon the enemy, and in response to the last request, having obtained such permission, joined his regiment and fought bravely at its head throughout the action.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- David L Cockley — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-27
current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison
Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
- Award ID
- MOH-AW-000674
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-27
- Later or highest recorded rank
- Captain
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- 5a0679ba62072c232332025ff22e011af323a2fb4b8cdf64c0407108bfd55dd2
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
Current official Society evidence confirms the identity and core action record; historical action wording replaces inherited geocoder text while all inherited values and the complete legacy citation remain preserved.