Medal of Honor
May 24, 1864
Ashepoo River, South Carolina, USA
- Rank at action
- Private
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- U.S. Civil War
- Unit or command
- Company B, 4th Massachusetts Cavalry
The Citation
Sources ↓Volunteered as a member of a boat crew which went to the rescue of a large number of Union soldiers on board the stranded steamer Boston and with great gallantry assisted in conveying them to shore, being exposed during the entire time to a heavy fire from a Confederate battery.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- David L Gifford — 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-000771
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-27
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- e2160c453d289ea64c690059abc6769213e164751eeb93e4efa6ec566b526f93
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.