Medal of Honor
July 2, 1863
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, USA
- Rank at action
- Sergeant
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- U.S. Civil War
- Unit or command
- Company E, 72d New York Infantry
The Citation
Sources ↓In a charge of his regiment this soldier captured the regimental flag of the 8th Florlda Infantry (C.S.A.).
Separately preserved current-source wording
Captured from the linked current recipient source; it is not a new comparison with an original General Order.
In a charge of his regiment this soldier captured the regimental flag of the 8th Florida Infantry (C.S.A.).
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- Thomas Horan — 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-000846
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-27
- Entered service at
- Dunkirk, N.Y.
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- ca84eb319035ff8294fcfd79db8dd9fc79640f75fc266f1af67cca350a5941b4
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
The current citation corrects the inherited OCR spelling Florlda to Florida. The inherited citation remains unchanged and separately hashed.