Medal of Honor
January 19, 1863
Burnt Ordinary, Virginia, USA
- Rank at action
- Private
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- Civil War
- Unit or command
- Company K, 5th Pennsylvania Cavalry
The Citation
Sources ↓Was one of a small scouting party that charged and routed a mounted force of the enemy six times their number. He led the charge in a most gallant and distinguished manner, going far beyond the call of duty.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- Michael McKeever — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-28
current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison
Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
- Award ID
- MOH-AW-000956
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-28
- Later or highest recorded rank
- First Sergeant
- Entered service at
- Philadelphia, Pa.
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- be000fe7ff8126e8cae9a9b8f23c21d1d604b3a1b92c32498ddb61f4e606658e
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
The current reference profile corrects surname capitalization, supplies First Sergeant as the highest rank, and replaces the inherited modern geocoder intersection with the historical Burnt Ordinary place. The citation matches exactly.