Medal of Honor
April 6, 1862
Pittsburg Landing, Tennessee, USA
- Rank at action
- Sergeant
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- Civil War
- Unit or command
- Company E, 52d Illinois Infantry
The Citation
Sources ↓Although twice wounded, and thereby crippled for life, he remained fighting in open ground to the close of the battle.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- Edward Burson Spalding — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-28
current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison
Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
- Award ID
- MOH-AW-001122
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-28
- Later or highest recorded rank
- First Lieutenant
- Entered service at
- Rockford, Winnebago County, Ill.
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- 8e83ba71484206b67af5e23d3fd3ef4e6767bc588a9fac9be198fc2ff8a265fe
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
The current reference profile confirms the award; name expanded or reconciled; highest later rank retained as First Lieutenant; legacy citation text, current rendered citation text, provenance, candidate history, and checksums are preserved in parallel. No General Order verification is claimed.