Medal of Honor
1863-07-01 through 1863-07-03
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, USA
- Rank at action
- Musician
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- Civil War
- Unit or command
- Company B, 73d Ohio Infantry
The Citation
Sources ↓Voluntarily took a rifle and served as a soldier in the ranks during the first and second days of the battle. Voluntarily and at his own imminent peril went into the enemy's lines at night and, under a sharp fire, rescued a wounded comrade.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- Richard Enderlin — Congressional Medal of Honor Society recipient profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-09-01
current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison
Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
- Award ID
- MOH-AW-002858
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-09-01
- Entered service at
- Chillicothe, Ohio
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- 9f85aa97b4ffe16fd78cffd343eba7ff5efd01940dcaf7356ba5621d995986af
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; rendered current reference profile comparison is documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
Current official reference profile confirms identity and core action metadata; exact legacy citation text and checksum are retained; General Order comparison remains pending.