Medal of Honor
July 3, 1863
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, USA
- Rank at action
- Major
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- Civil War
- Unit or command
- 19th Massachusetts Infantry
The Citation
Sources ↓Conspicuous bravery on the third day of the battle on the countercharge against Pickett's division where he fell severely wounded within the enemy's lines.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- Edmund Rice — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-28
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Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
- Award ID
- MOH-AW-001056
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-28
- Later or highest recorded rank
- Brigadier General
- Entered service at
- Boston, Mass.
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- d4524850d1b3ea3178fd043d10800da76ce7d6c3195007f3982e95e2509e77de
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
The current reference profile confirms the identity and award; highest later rank retained as Brigadier General; legacy citation text, current rendered citation text, provenance, and checksums are preserved in parallel. No General Order verification is claimed.