Medal of Honor
March 31, 1865
near Dinwiddie Courthouse, Virginia, USA
- Rank at action
- Major & Quartermaster
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- Civil War
- Unit or command
- U.S. Volunteers
The Citation
Sources ↓While serving as a volunteer aide, carried orders to the reserve brigade and participated with it in the charge which repulsed the enemy.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- Horatio Collins King — 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-000891
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-28
- Later or highest recorded rank
- Brevet Colonel
- Entered service at
- Brooklyn, N.Y.
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- 9cbbffb09b1d9d01d8e3f8192113ec4527e6b9b0ed4de2cd47cd9c5920250913
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