Medal of Honor
May 3, 1863
Chancellorsville, Virginia, USA
- Rank at action
- Private
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- U.S. Civil War
- Unit or command
- 5th Battery, Maine Light Artillery
The Citation
Sources ↓Nearly all the officers and men of the battery having been killed or wounded, this soldier with a comrade continued to fire his gun after the guns had ceased. The piece was then dragged off by the two, the horses having been shot, and its capture by the enemy was prevented.
Sources & record notes
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- John F Chase — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-27
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Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
- Award ID
- MOH-AW-000659
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-27
- Later or highest recorded rank
- Captain
- Entered service at
- Augusta, Maine
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- b30dad18b37d1e356068a21d9dcfc256459f05b6ec551454e3b1d6f7ae1a615e
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