Medal of Honor
July 3, 1863
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, USA
- Rank at action
- Sergeant
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- U.S. Civil War
- Unit or command
- Battery A, 4th U.S. Artillery
The Citation
Sources ↓All the officers of his battery having been killed or wounded and five of its guns disabled in Pickett's assault, he succeeded to the command and fought the remaining gun with most distinguished gallantry until the battery was ordered withdrawn.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- Frederick W Fuger — 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-000761
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-27
- Later or highest recorded rank
- Lieutenant Colonel, Ret.
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- bb89ad57b636c3867b95646057a891e0ceae361b1ba46d2be90f1f7027cee170
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
Current reference profile adds Frederick Fuger’s middle initial and preserves Sergeant as the action rank and Lieutenant Colonel, Ret., as the later/profile rank.