Medal of Honor
July 1, 1863
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, USA
- Rank at action
- Captain
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- U.S. Civil War
- Unit or command
- Company D, 45th New York Infantry
The Citation
Sources ↓Gallantry in flanking the enemy and capturing a number of prisoners and in holding a part of the town against heavy odds while the Army was rallying on Cemetery Hill.
Sources & record notes
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- Francis Irsch — 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-000865
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-27
- Entered service at
- New York, N.Y.
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- 0f5ad65fb808b61f27a62a7f40c59462497c4d29f4e5223c9877b909ea9e28b4
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
The current reference profile confirms the imported identity, rank, unit, action date, and Gettysburg action place.