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Medal of Honor Recipient

Joseph Wortick

U.S. Army · Civil War

MOH-RC-001659Source-based record

The award

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Army Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1863

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Medal of Honor

May 22, 1863

Vicksburg, Mississippi, USA

Rank at action
Private
Service
U.S. Army
Conflict
Civil War
Unit or command
6th Missouri Infantry

The Citation

Sources ↓
Gallantry in the charge of the "volunteer storming party."

Sources & record notes

General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.

  1. Joseph Wortick — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-29

    current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison

  2. Joseph Wortick — United States Army ↗United States Army · Checked 2026-08-29

    conflicting Company A, 8th Missouri Infantry unit rendering and citation corroboration

  3. Joseph Wortick — National Medal of Honor Museum ↗National Medal of Honor Museum · Checked 2026-08-29

    6th Missouri Infantry unit and Wertick alternate-name rendering

Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
Award ID
MOH-AW-001667
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-29
Entered service at
Hannibal, Mo.
Archive transcription SHA-256
c9d98d3ce07aa7fc941b3e2f050b122f1749afb9fe457d17e9a11f429803968f

Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.

The current reference profile and National Medal of Honor Museum identify the 6th Missouri Infantry. The inherited record and current Army citation index identify Company A, 8th Missouri Infantry. Canonical metadata follows the independently corroborated current institutional sources while the Army and legacy variant remains preserved.

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