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Medal of Honor Recipient

Orville Tyron Chamberlain

U.S. Army · U.S. Civil War

MOH-RC-000650Source-based record

The award

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Army Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1863

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Medal of Honor

September 20, 1863

Chickamauga, Georgia, USA

Rank at action
Second Lieutenant
Service
U.S. Army
Conflict
U.S. Civil War
Unit or command
Company G, 74th Indiana Infantry

The Citation

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While exposed to a galling fire, went in search of another regiment, found its location, procured ammunition from the men thereof, and returned with the ammunition to his own company.
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While exposed to a galling fire, Chamberlain went in search of another regiment, found its location, procured ammunition from the men thereof, and returned with the ammunition to his own company.

Sources & record notes

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  1. Orville Tyron Chamberlain — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-27

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Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
Award ID
MOH-AW-000656
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-27
Later or highest recorded rank
Captain
Entered service at
Elkhart, Ind.
Archive transcription SHA-256
14609ab228b837264ed81efce0fe8dec20d6f271ea50d3527c597c9e5d92eb2e

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Current official Society evidence confirms the identity and core action record; historical action wording replaces inherited geocoder text while all inherited values and the complete legacy citation remain preserved.

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