Medal of Honor
May 12, 1864
Spotsylvania, Virginia, USA
- Rank at action
- Private
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- U.S. Civil War
- Unit or command
- Company D, 125th New York Infantry
The Citation
Sources ↓Capture of flag, seizing it as his regiment advanced over the enemy's works. He received a bullet wound in the chest while capturing flag.
Separately preserved current-source wording
Captured from the linked current recipient source; it is not a new comparison with an original General Order.
Capture of flag, seizing it as his regiment advanced over the enemy's works. He received a bullet wound in the chest while capturing the flag.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- E Michael Burk — 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-000633
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-26
- Entered service at
- Troy, N.Y.
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- b1402fcee3b346f05fed199e2db4c5c1358a524b456adc1ae3cf3e8e4edc4bb0
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
The current reference profile preserves the E. Michael Burk form and records Burke, Michael as an alias. Its rendered citation supplies the missing article in the inherited final sentence; the complete inherited citation remains unchanged.