Medal of Honor
March 31, 1865
Chamberlains Creek, Virginia, USA
- Rank at action
- Corporal
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- U.S. Civil War
- Unit or command
- Company L, 1st New Jersey Cavalry
The Citation
Sources ↓With the assistance of a comrade, headed off the advance of the enemy, shooting two of his color bearers; also posted himself between the enemy and the led horses of his own command, thus saving the herd from capture.
Separately preserved current-source wording
Captured from the linked current recipient source; it is not a new comparison with an original General Order.
With the assistance of a comrade, headed off the advance of the enemy, shooting two of his color bearers; also posted himself between the enemy and the lead horses of his own command, thus saving the herd from capture.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- William B Hooper — 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-000844
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-27
- Later or highest recorded rank
- Quartermaster Sergeant
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- c71b81384028865cf09295b1d50fe8a2350e7e96addd566fde2dcf9ba452bb0b
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
The current profile distinguishes Corporal at action from later Quartermaster Sergeant and replaces the inherited modern geocoder result with Chamberlains Creek.