Medal of Honor
May 3, 1863
Chancellorsville, Virginia, USA
- Rank at action
- First Lieutenant
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- U.S. Civil War
- Unit or command
- Battery E, 1st Rhode Island Light Artillery
The Citation
Sources ↓Though himself wounded, gallantly fought his section of the battery under a fierce fire from the enemy until his ammunition was all expended, many of the cannoneers and most of the horses killed or wounded, and the enemy within 25 yards of the guns, when, disabling one piece, he brought off the other in safety.
Separately preserved current-source wording
Captured from the linked current recipient source; it is not a new comparison with an original General Order.
Though himself wounded, Bucklyn gallantly fought his section of the battery under a fierce fire from the enemy until his ammunition was all expended, many of the cannoneers and most of the horses killed or wounded, and the enemy within 25 yards of the gun, when, disabling one piece, he brought off the other in safety.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- John Knight Bucklyn — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-26
current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison
Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
- Award ID
- MOH-AW-000630
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-26
- Later or highest recorded rank
- Brevet Captain
- Entered service at
- Rhode Island
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- 31274cb47084bf15e26453eb0a32daede14e56f10d7cd671b88f92337b3a5dc5
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
The current reference profile expands the middle name, identifies Battery E, and preserves First Lieutenant as the action rank and Brevet Captain as the later/highest rank.