Medal of Honor
May 12, 1864
Spotsylvania, Virginia, USA
- Rank at action
- Captain
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- U.S. Civil War
- Unit or command
- Company F, 2d Vermont Infantry
The Citation
Sources ↓Distinguished conduct in a desperate hand-to-hand fight while commanding the regiment.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- Dayton P Clarke — 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-000668
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-27
- Entered service at
- Hermon, N.Y.
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- da6ce78bea8ee46aedbf01201955fd86344a3395525c2bfa1ece4e7778d256bd
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.