Medal of Honor
September 14, 1862
South Mountain, Maryland, USA
- Rank at action
- Corporal
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- U.S. Civil War
- Unit or command
- Company E, 12th Ohio Infantry
The Citation
Sources ↓Alone and unaided and with his left hand disabled, captured a Confederate captain and 4 men.
Separately preserved current-source wording
Captured from the linked current recipient source; it is not a new comparison with an original General Order.
Alone and unaided and with his left hand disabled, captured a Confederate captain and four men.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- Leonidas H Inscho — 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-000864
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-27
- Later or highest recorded rank
- First Lieutenant
- Entered service at
- Charleston, W. Va.
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- 2cc702e8ed415398e4817bcd7e22d715a9007bdb6d90b3b2d42e52d296d29036
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
The current profile distinguishes Corporal at action from later First Lieutenant and supplies the historical South Mountain place.