Medal of Honor
June 3, 1864
Cold Harbor, Virginia, USA
- Rank at action
- Private
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- U.S. Civil War
- Unit or command
- Company C, 25th Massachusetts Infantry
The Citation
Sources ↓Two color bearers having been shot dead one after the other, the last one far in advance of his regiment and close to the enemy's line, this soldier rushed forward, and, under a galling fire, after removing the dead body of the bearer therefrom, secured the flag and returned with it to the Union lines.
Separately preserved current-source wording
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Two color bearers having been shot dead one after the other, the last one far in advance of his regiment and close to the enemy's lines, this soldier rushed forward, and, under a galling fire, after removing the dead body of the bearer therefrom, secured the flag and returned with it to the Union lines.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- David P Casey — 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-000652
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-27
- Later or highest recorded rank
- Corporal
- Entered service at
- Northbridge, Mass.
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- 0d85b25f051b36b37b7c4873256c23c06465e38b6baabfd848305045f534467c
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
The inherited David Casey slug was stale. Official Society search resolved David P Casey; the middle initial and plural “enemy’s lines” variant are preserved.