Medal of Honor
March 14 and September 14, 1862
New Bern, North Carolina & South Mountain, Maryland, USA
- Rank at action
- Private
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- U.S. Civil War
- Unit or command
- Company K, 51st New York Infantry
The Citation
Sources ↓At New Bern, N.C., brought off the wounded color sergeant and the colors under a heavy fire of the enemy. Was one of four soldiers who volunteered to determine the position of the enemy at South Mountain, Md. While so engaged was fired upon and his three companions killed, but he escaped and rejoined his command in safety.
Sources & record notes
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- Orlando Emanuel Caruana — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-27
current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison
- Orlando Emanuel Caruana — U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index ↗U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index · Checked 2026-08-27
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Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
- Award ID
- MOH-AW-000651
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-27
- Other source date wording
- 1862-09-14
- Later or highest recorded rank
- First Sergeant
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- 174a157a0b3f042da4efe00a82d39a8fd262ebfbf83b142076ed0cd3036479ce
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
Current official evidence documents two actions under one award. Both dates and locations are retained without creating a duplicate identity or award.