Medal of Honor
June 14, 1863
Winchester, Virginia, USA
- Rank at action
- Principal Musician
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- Civil War
- Unit or command
- 122d Ohio Infantry
The Citation
Sources ↓With one companion, voluntarily went in front of the Union line, under a heavy fire from the enemy, and carried back a helpless wounded comrade, thus saving him from death or capture.
Separately preserved current-source wording
Captured from the linked current recipient source; it is not a new comparison with an original General Order.
With one companion, voluntarily went in front of the Union lines, under a heavy fire from the enemy, and carried back a helpless, wounded comrade, thus saving him from death or capture.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- John T. Patterson — 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-001006
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-28
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- 85dab84ddf4ad191e937935653583c528c253dd9b2628bcbb2d253cdfe01c3e0
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
The current reference profile confirms the identity and award, adds the action rank, normalizes the historical place, and preserves the rendered Union lines and helpless, wounded wording beside the inherited singular and punctuation variants.