Medal of Honor
December 15, 1864
Nashville, Tennessee, USA
- Rank at action
- Corporal
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- U.S. Civil War
- Unit or command
- Company G, 2d Illinois Light Artillery
The Citation
Sources ↓When the fire of the enemy's batteries compelled the men of his detachment for a short time to seek shelter, he stood manfully at his post and for some minutes worked his gun alone.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- Samuel Joseph Churchill — 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-000662
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-27
- Later or highest recorded rank
- Quartermaster Sergeant
- Entered service at
- DeKalb County, Ill.
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- a03d0ffeeb1bbd0439a1a9003a0af2108289d1e79ced618f716a98dc78d26186
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