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Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army

Charles Dearborn Copp

Second Lieutenant Charles Dearborn Copp, Army, received the Medal of Honor for actions on December 13, 1862 in Fredericksburg, Virginia during the Civil War.

U.S. Civil War December 13, 1862

Serving as a soldier in the U.S. Army, Second Lieutenant Charles Dearborn Copp received the Medal of Honor for his actions on December 13, 1862 in Fredericksburg, Virginia during the Civil War. At the time he was serving with Company C, 9th New Hampshire Infantry. Copp was 26 years old.

17 other service members also received the Medal of Honor for actions on the same day. The medal was presented on June 28, 1890, 27 years after the action. He later rose to the rank of Captain.

Copp was born on April 11, 1836 in Warren County, New Hampshire. His Medal of Honor is credited to Nashua, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire. Copp died on November 2, 1912 in Clinton, Massachusetts, at the age of 76. He is buried at Middle Yard Cemetery in Lancaster, Massachusetts. His medal is held by Clinton Historical Society / Holder Memorial, Clinton, MA.

Copp is one of 1,525 Medal of Honor recipients from the Civil War and one of 35 credited to New Hampshire.

★ Flags & Colors

Official Medal of Honor citation

Seized the regimental colors, the color bearer having been shot down, and, waving them, rallied the regiment under a heavy fire.

Citation text: U.S. Government, public domain.

Timeline

  1. April 11, 1836
    Born in Warren County, New Hampshire
  2. December 13, 1862
    Act of valor — Fredericksburg, Virginia
    Age 26. Company C, 9th New Hampshire Infantry
  3. June 28, 1890
    Medal of Honor presented
  4. November 2, 1912
    Died in Clinton, Massachusetts
    Age 76.
  5. Resting place
    Middle Yard Cemetery
    Lancaster, Massachusetts

Also honored for actions on December 13, 1862

JA John Gregory bishop Adams Second Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1862 WB Wallace A. Beckwith Private · Army Civil War · 1862 Zenas Randall Bliss Colonel · Army Civil War · 1862 JC Jacob Cart Private · Army Civil War · 1862 Charles Henry tucky Collis Colonel · Army Civil War · 1862 TD Timothy Donoghue Private · Army Civil War · 1862 Francis Henry Goodall First Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1862 William P. Hogarty Private · Army Civil War · 1862 John Johnson Private · Army Civil War · 1862 JK Joseph Keene Private · Army Civil War · 1862 George Henry Maynard Private · Army Civil War · 1862 JP John Gideon Palmer Corporal · Army Civil War · 1862

See all 18 recipients for December 13, 1862 →

More Civil War recipients from New Hampshire

Osgood Towns Hadley Corporal · Army Civil War · 1864 GR George Frank Robie Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1864 JB John W. Boutwell Private · Army Civil War · 1865 JN John J. Nolan Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1862 WA William H. Appleton First Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1864 CM Charles Melville Ordinary Seaman · Navy Civil War · 1864
Sources. Service and award details compiled from the recipient record of the Congressional Medal of Honor Society. The narrative summary is generated from these records. Spotted an error? Send a correction.