Medal of Honor
September 17, 1862
Antietam, Maryland, USA
- Rank at action
- Captain
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- Civil War
- Unit or command
- Company E, 9th New York Infantry
The Citation
Sources ↓In the advance on the enemy and after his color bearer and the entire color guard of 8 men had been shot down, this officer seized the regimental flag and with conspicuous gallantry carried it to the extreme front, urging the line forward.
Separately preserved current-source wording
Captured from the linked current recipient source; it is not a new comparison with an original General Order.
In the advance on the enemy and after his color bearer and the entire color guard of eight men had been shot down, this officer seized the regimental flag and with conspicuous gallantry carried it to the extreme front, urging the line forward.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- Adolph Libaire — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-28
current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison
- Adolph Libaire — U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index ↗U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index · Checked 2026-08-28
inherited Adolphe spelling and numeral 8 citation rendering
Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
- Award ID
- MOH-AW-000908
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-28
- Entered service at
- New York, N.Y.
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- 849e35ab43f5baef9194c7baa0ecb1016e632405bd25a1c2f1889ab6129dc575
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
The inherited URL no longer resolved; archival reference search located Adolph Libaire and records Adolphe Libaire as an alias. The Society “eight” and inherited/Army numeral “8” renderings remain preserved.