Medal of Honor
February 15, 1863
Nolensville, Tennessee, USA
- Rank at action
- Private
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- U.S. Civil War
- Unit or command
- Company H, 2d Minnesota Infantry
The Citation
Sources ↓Was one of a detachment of 16 men who heroically defended a wagon train against the attack of 125 cavalry, repulsed the attack and saved the train.
Separately preserved current-source wording
Captured from the linked current recipient source; it is not a new comparison with an original General Order.
Was one of a detachment of 16 men who heroically defended a wagon train against the attack of 125 cavalry, repulsed the attack, and saved the train.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- Joseph Burger — 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-000632
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-26
- Later or highest recorded rank
- Captain
- Entered service at
- Crystal Lake, Minn.
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- 5b15e4ccba467408df3ae85e54fd5dbfdbbe1752063f9329d58c95262ff66677
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
The current reference profile confirms the action metadata and preserves Private as the action rank and Captain as the later/highest rank.