Medal of Honor
October 12, 1863
Jefferson, Virginia, USA
- Rank at action
- Private
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- U.S. Civil War
- Unit or command
- Company B, 13th Pennsylvania Cavalry (Volunteers 117th Regiment)
The Citation
Sources ↓At the head of a detachment of his company dashed across an open field, exposed to a deadly fire from the enemy, and succeeded in dislodging them from an unoccupied house, which he and his comrades defended for several hours against repeated attacks, thus preventing the enemy from flanking the position of the Union forces.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- Michael Dougherty — 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-000720
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-27
- Entered service at
- Philadelphia, Pa.
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- 2af83fc67e473a8aa7b09685db43af2d3717e263ef9e8441f4ce222995c82d0c
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
Current Society evidence confirms the identity and replaces an inherited modern geocoder result with the historical action place Jefferson, Virginia; all inherited values remain preserved.