Medal of Honor
July 21, 1861
Bull Run, Virginia, USA
- Rank at action
- Colonel
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- Civil War
- Unit or command
- 1st Michigan Infantry
The Citation
Sources ↓Led repeated charges until wounded and taken prisoner.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- Orlando Bolivar Willcox — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-29
current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison
Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
- Award ID
- MOH-AW-001662
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-29
- Later or highest recorded rank
- Major General
- Entered service at
- Detroit, Mich.
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- 556c823021bea6e7d365b2b17f62cc41cf1c6651d808a37571477fb450261d61
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
Current reference profile confirms identity and core action metadata; legacy full citation text and source-row provenance are retained; General Order comparison remains pending.