Medal of Honor
July 28, 1863
near Warrenton, Virginia, USA
- Rank at action
- First Lieutenant and Regimental Quartermaster
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- U.S. Civil War
- Unit or command
- 6th Vermont Infantry
The Citation
Sources ↓Defended the division train against a vastly superior force of the enemy; he was severely wounded, but remained in the saddle for 20 hours afterward until he had brought his train through in safety.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- John Wesley Clark — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-27
current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison
- John Wesley Clark — U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index ↗U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index · Checked 2026-08-27
official rank, unit, date, place, and citation
Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
- Award ID
- MOH-AW-000666
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-27
- Entered service at
- Vermont
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- d59c322cd43149a858244d7b1b8d8b2b23cba8e83048e505300dee57c6a24a95
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
The detailed reference profile repeatedly timed out. The Society recipient index resolved the identity and profile URL; the official Army index supplied the complete action record and citation.