Medal of Honor
May 2, 1863
Chancellorsville, Virginia, USA
- Rank at action
- Private
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- U.S. Civil War
- Unit or command
- Company A, 74th New York Infantry
The Citation
Sources ↓Voluntarily and under heavy fire advanced toward the enemy's lines and secured valuable information.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- Joseph Gion — 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-000776
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-27
- Entered service at
- Allegheny County, Pa.
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- 65ed7f32f088ad637bec51510aaf93f4a78f0dd29faf73b2f2dbcf67e504c918
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
Current official Society evidence confirms the identity and core action record; historical action wording replaces inherited geocoder text while all inherited values and the complete legacy citation remain preserved.