Medal of Honor
May 6, 1864
Wilderness Campaign, Virginia, USA
- Rank at action
- Sergeant
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- U.S. Civil War
- Unit or command
- Company H, 97th New York Infantry
The Citation
Sources ↓At the risk of his own life went back while the rebels were still firing and, finding Col. Wheelock unable to move, alone and unaided, carried him off the field of battle.
Separately preserved current-source wording
Captured from the linked current recipient source; it is not a new comparison with an original General Order.
At the risk of his own life, Burk went back while the rebels were still firing and, finding Col. Wheelock unable to move, alone and unaided, carried him off the field of battle.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- Thomas Burk — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-26
current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison
Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
- Award ID
- MOH-AW-000634
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-26
- Later or highest recorded rank
- First Lieutenant
- Entered service at
- Harrisburgh, Lewis County, N.Y.
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- 32c50f989146c77188f07f19c2b51c91bebc9e6e0c946a66d34c9827dec56ef9
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
The current reference profile replaces the modern Wilderness geocoder wording with the historical campaign location and preserves Sergeant as the action rank and First Lieutenant as the later/highest rank.