Medal of Honor
May 16, 1864
Drewry's Bluff, Virginia, USA
- Rank at action
- Sergeant
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- U.S. Civil War
- Unit or command
- Company C, 21st Connecticut Infantry
The Citation
Sources ↓While retreating with his regiment, which had been repulsed, he voluntarily returned, in face of the enemy's fire, to a former position and rescued a wounded officer of his company who was unable to walk.
Separately preserved current-source wording
Captured from the linked current recipient source; it is not a new comparison with an original General Order.
While retreating with his regiment, which had been repulsed, he voluntarily returned, in the face of the enemy's fire, to a former position and rescued a wounded officer of his company who was unable to walk.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- Robert A Gray — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-27
current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison
Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
- Award ID
- MOH-AW-000786
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-27
- Entered service at
- Groton, Conn.
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- 4ee460f5be89008006769a51beae35326e2f55d2069a9bb48de03f27d0f74df6
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
Current Society evidence confirms the identity and action record. The rendered citation includes the phrase in the face of the enemy's fire; the inherited shorter wording remains preserved separately.