Medal of Honor
May 22, 1863
Vicksburg, Mississippi, USA
- Rank at action
- Private
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- Civil War
- Unit or command
- Chicago Mercantile Battery, Illinois Light Artillery
The Citation
Sources ↓Carried with others by hand a cannon up to and fired it through an embrasure of the enemy's work.
Separately preserved current-source wording
Captured from the linked current recipient source; it is not a new comparison with an original General Order.
Carried with others by hand a cannon up to and fired it through the embrasure of the enemy's works.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- Patrick McGuire — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-28
current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison
Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
- Award ID
- MOH-AW-000952
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-28
- Entered service at
- Chicago, Ill.
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- 9379987bb156cbefb6360d4cc68c5da8309ea211eedf7b9361be5e11d9c5843c
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
The current reference profile confirms the identity and action metadata, corrects surname capitalization, and uses the plural possessive “works” where the inherited complete citation uses singular “work.” Both versions remain preserved.