Medal of Honor
December 13, 1862
Fredericksburg, Virginia, USA
- Rank at action
- Corporal
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- Civil War
- Unit or command
- Company F, 21st Connecticut Infantry
The Citation
Sources ↓First of 6 men who volunteered to assist gunner of a battery upon which the enemy was concentrating its fire, and fought with the battery until the close of the engagement. His commanding officer felt he would never see this man alive again.
Separately preserved current-source wording
Captured from the linked current recipient source; it is not a new comparison with an original General Order.
First of six men who volunteered to assist gunner of a battery upon which the enemy was concentrating its fire, and fought with the battery until the close of the engagement. His commanding officer felt he would never see this man alive again.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- John Gideon Palmer — 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-001001
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-28
- Entered service at
- Montville, Conn.
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- 7cb4d98b3d48cd556a2440ee3f163ae10c05ba2681382329d79fe5648549c280
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
The current reference profile confirms the award, expands the middle name, adds the action rank, normalizes the action place, and renders the inherited numeral 6 as six.