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Medal of Honor Recipient

Walter Goodale Morrill

U.S. Army · Civil War

MOH-RC-000969Source-based record

The award

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Army Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1863

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Medal of Honor

November 7, 1863

Rappahannock Station, Virginia, USA

Rank at action
Captain
Service
U.S. Army
Conflict
Civil War
Unit or command
Company B, 20th Maine Infantry

The Citation

Sources ↓
Learning that an assault was to be made upon the enemy's works by other troops, this officer voluntarily joined the storming party with about 50 men of his regiment, and by his dash and gallantry rendered effective service in the assault.

Sources & record notes

General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.

  1. Walter Goodale Morrill — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-28

    current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison

Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
Award ID
MOH-AW-000975
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-28
Later or highest recorded rank
Colonel
Archive transcription SHA-256
eb1665052324237780d6941f6a968ea25d81d3daf17c2364ff7a8283005ab30a

Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.

The reference profile expands the middle name, records Colonel as the highest later rank, and replaces the inherited hospital-heliport geocoder result with the historical Rappahannock Station action place.

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