Medal of Honor
July 30, 1864
Petersburg, Virginia, USA
- Rank at action
- Private
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- U.S. Civil War
- Unit or command
- Company H, 13th Ohio Cavalry
The Citation
Sources ↓When about entering upon the charge, this soldier, then but 15 years old, was cautioned not to go in, as he had not been mustered. He indignantly protected and participated in the charge, his left arm being crushed by a shell and amputated soon afterward.
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When about entering upon the charge, this soldier, then but 15 years old, was cautioned not to go in, as he had not been mustered. He indignantly protested and participated in the charge, his left arm being crushed by a shell and amputated soon afterward.
Sources & record notes
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- Nathaniel Mcclean Gwynne — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-27
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Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
- Award ID
- MOH-AW-000793
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-27
- Later or highest recorded rank
- Second Lieutenant
- Entered service at
- Fairmount, Mo.
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- 9715e06968221ef821eb88b9ea1d744a5d6370160d7bd4f1e08e09bb151d36ed
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Official Society search resolved the current Nathaniel Mcclean Gwynne profile outside the inherited candidate set. The current citation corrects the inherited protected/protested transcription error; both complete texts and hashes remain preserved.