Medal of Honor
July 3, 1863
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, USA
- Rank at action
- Private
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- U.S. Civil War
- Unit or command
- Company F, 71st Pennsylvania Infantry
The Citation
Sources ↓Capture of flag of 9th Virginia Infantry (C.S.A.), wresting it from the color bearer.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- John E Clopp — 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-000672
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-27
- Entered service at
- Philadelphia, Pa.
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- a5a443126bc612ded16d28d41e917e1b2873f9db549a50ff54d5ddd0f9e6510f
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
Current official Society evidence confirms the identity and core action record; historical action wording replaces inherited geocoder text while all inherited values and the complete legacy citation remain preserved.