Medal of Honor
December 13, 1862
Fredericksburg, Virginia, USA
- Rank at action
- Private
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- U.S. Civil War
- Unit or command
- Company F, 21st Connecticut Infantry
The Citation
Sources ↓Gallantly responded to a call for volunteers to man a battery, serving with great heroism until the termination of the engagement.
Separately preserved current-source wording
Captured from the linked current recipient source; it is not a new comparison with an original General Order.
Gallantly responded to a call for volunteers to man a battery, served with great heroism until the termination of the engagement.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- Wallace A Beckwith — 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-000585
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-26
- Entered service at
- New London, Conn.
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- bd59748843be5fa81413641ea791c2d3f14c75777eab5d488d7c0ac84d2bb954
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
Current reference profile confirms identity and action metadata.