Civil War Medal of Honor Recipient. He received the award on May 13, 1896 for his actions as a lieutenant in the 6th Maine Voluntary Infantry Regiment, US Army, at Brooks Ford, Virginia on May 4, 1863, during the Battle of Salem Church in the Chancellorsville Campaign. He joined the US Army in July 1861, following the outbreak of the American Civil War three months earlier and received a commission as a lieutenant in February 1862. Following his engagement at the Battle of Salem Church, he was promoted to the rank of captain and served as assistant general of volunteers from May to October 1864. He was mustered out of the US Army as a brevet lieutenant colonel and relocated to Cedar Rapids, Iowa where he died at the age of 72. His Medal of Honor citation reads: "Having voluntarily taken command of his regiment in the absence of its commander, at great personal risk and with remarkable presence of mind and fertility of resource led the command down an exceedingly precipitous embankment to the Rappahannock River and by his gallantry, coolness, and good judgment in the face of the enemy saved the command from capture or destruction."
Civil War Medal of Honor Recipient. He received the award on May 13, 1896 for his actions as a lieutenant in the 6th Maine Voluntary Infantry Regiment, US Army, at Brooks Ford, Virginia on May 4, 1863, during the Battle of Salem Church in the Chancellorsville Campaign. He joined the US Army in July 1861, following the outbreak of the American Civil War three months earlier and received a commission as a lieutenant in February 1862. Following his engagement at the Battle of Salem Church, he was promoted to the rank of captain and served as assistant general of volunteers from May to October 1864. He was mustered out of the US Army as a brevet lieutenant colonel and relocated to Cedar Rapids, Iowa where he died at the age of 72. His Medal of Honor citation reads: "Having voluntarily taken command of his regiment in the absence of its commander, at great personal risk and with remarkable presence of mind and fertility of resource led the command down an exceedingly precipitous embankment to the Rappahannock River and by his gallantry, coolness, and good judgment in the face of the enemy saved the command from capture or destruction."
Bio by: William Bjornstad
Inscription
Medal of Honor, Lt. Col., U.S. Army, Civil War
Family Members
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William Goding Clark
1815–1857
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Elisabeth Whiting Stevens Clark
1817–1884
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Helen Elizabeth Brockway Clark
1840–1929
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Whiting Stevens Clark
1837–1891
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James William Clark
1839–1864
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Franklin Atherton Clark
1842–1903
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Alonzo Francis Clark
1842–1857
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George Evans Clarke
1845–1907
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Abby Stevens Clark
1845–1859
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Eugene Herbert Clarke
1853–1902
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Edgar Augustine Clark
1855–1861
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William G Clark
1857–1919
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Mary Abby Clark
1865–1943
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Laura Anna Clark Safely
1867–1923
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Helen Luella Clark Coulter
1869–1951
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Florence Clark Dutton
1871–1938
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James William Clark
1874–1910
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Charles Frederick Clark
1876–1876
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Baby Girl Clark
1879–1879
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Atherton B. Clark
1886–1937
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Records on Ancestry
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Charles Amory Clark
1900 United States Federal Census
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Charles Amory Clark
1880 United States Federal Census
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Charles Amory Clark
1910 United States Federal Census
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Charles Amory Clark
U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865
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Charles Amory Clark
Iowa, Grand Army of the Republic Membership Records, 1861-1949
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