Medal of Honor
September 29, 1864
Chapin's Farm, Virginia, USA
- Rank at action
- Sergeant
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- Civil War
- Unit or command
- Company B, 58th Pennsylvania Infantry
The Citation
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- Nathaniel A. McKown — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-29
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Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
- Award ID
- MOH-AW-001868
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-29
- Later or highest recorded rank
- First Lieutenant
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- 478d6803fa871937c62e3aa36206219eb4cd9cbf961dd5367a3f2e3084ebae18
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; rendered current reference profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
The current authoritative source expands, corrects, or normalizes the inherited name from Nathaniel A. Mckown to Nathaniel A. McKown; both renderings remain preserved. The exact rendered source heading “Nathaniel A McKown” is preserved separately from the canonical display form “Nathaniel A. McKown”. The current profile records later/highest rank First Lieutenant. The current historical action-place wording replaces only the controlled canonical geocoder field; the complete inherited place remains preserved.