Medal of Honor
May 6, 1864
Wilderness Campaign, Virginia, USA
- Rank at action
- First Sergeant
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- U.S. Civil War
- Unit or command
- Company C, 2d New Jersey Infantry
The Citation
Sources ↓During a rout and while under orders to retreat seized the colors, rallied the men, and drove the enemy back.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- Edmund English — 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-000736
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-27
- Later or highest recorded rank
- Captain
- Entered service at
- Newark, N.J.
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- cb223f55e545a519f3f38bf95b425a674c9c1305301e0ecd8f1bb069aaa5fc3b
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.