Medal of Honor
January 17, 1873
Lava Beds, California, USA
- Rank at action
- Contract Surgeon
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- Indian Campaigns
- Unit or command
- U.S. Army
The Citation
Sources ↓Rescued a wounded soldier who lay under a close and heavy fire during the assault on the Modoc stronghold after 2 soldiers had unsuccessfully attempted to make the rescue and both had been wounded in doing so.
Separately preserved current-source wording
Captured from the linked current recipient source; it is not a new comparison with an original General Order.
Rescued a wounded soldier who lay under a close and heavy fire during the assault on the Modoc stronghold after two soldiers had unsuccessfully attempted to make the rescue and both had been wounded in doing so.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- John Oscar Skinner — 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-001327
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-28
- Later or highest recorded rank
- Lieutenant Colonel
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- 97269e61a9cf2d584b15ee175ff78e6cbd97de6f38e96cfdf06475e49c240f12
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
Current reference profile confirms identity and core action metadata; legacy full citation text and source-row provenance are retained; General Order comparison remains pending.