Medal of Honor
August 25, 1864
Reams' Station, Virginia
- Rank at action
- Private
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- U.S. Civil War
- Unit or command
- Company G, 1st New York Light Artillery
The Citation
Sources ↓The command having been driven from the works, he, having been left alone between the opposing lines, crept back into the works, put 3 charges of canister in one of the guns, and fired the piece directly into a body of the enemy about to seize the works; he then rejoined his command, took the colors, and ran toward the enemy, followed by the command, which recaptured the works and guns.
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The command having been driven from the works, he, having been left alone between the opposing lines, crept back into the works, put three charges of canister in one of the guns and fired the piece directly into a body of the enemy about to seize the works; he then rejoined his command, took the colors, and ran toward the enemy, followed by the command, which recaptured the works and guns.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- Patrick J Ginley — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-27
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Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
- Award ID
- MOH-AW-000775
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-27
- Entered service at
- New York, N.Y.
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- 4158a97e8583ce7313a7d3e4819947c281d819b9a7342997ce17ee2325a09757
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
Official Society search resolved Patrick J Ginley outside the inherited candidate set. The current middle initial, stable profile URL, historical Reams’ Station location, and rendered citation are preserved alongside the inherited record.