Medal of Honor
July 2, 1863
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, USA
- Rank at action
- Sergeant
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- U.S. Civil War
- Unit or command
- Company D, 6th Pennsylvania Reserves
The Citation
Sources ↓Was one of six volunteers who charged upon a log house near the Devil's Den, where a squad of the enemy's sharpshooters were sheltered, and compelled their surrender.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- John William Hart — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-27
current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison
Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
- Award ID
- MOH-AW-000811
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-27
- Entered service at
- Cumberland, Md.
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- 8ad191c3f951c0e7a78e9bd6c879f0163144f86b568fbd437dba2e0b8bbb0fcb
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
The current reference profile expands John W. Hart to John William Hart, supplies Sergeant as the action rank, and replaces the inherited postal-location rendering with Gettysburg. The complete inherited citation remains preserved.