Medal of Honor
May 3, 1863
Vicksburg, Mississippi, USA
- Rank at action
- Corporal
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- Civil War
- Unit or command
- Company B, 47th Ohio Infantry
- Presentation date
- February 15, 1909
The Citation
Sources ↓Was one of a party that volunteered and attempted to run the enemy's batteries with a steam tug and 2 barges loaded with subsistence stores.
Separately preserved current-source wording
Captured from the linked current recipient source; it is not a new comparison with an original General Order.
Was one of a party that volunteered and attempted to run the enemy's batteries with a steam tug and two barges loaded with subsistence stores.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- Henry H. Nash — 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-000983
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-28
- Entered service at
- Adrian, Mich.
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- 529305964db6d0c931764d35898ead242848db718409ae8673af27e362795dab
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
The current Society citation spells out “two barges” where the inherited transcription uses the numeral 2. Both full renderings remain preserved.