Medal of Honor
May 31, 1862
Fair Oaks, Virginia, USA
- Rank at action
- Corporal
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- U.S. Civil War
- Unit or command
- Company E, 7th Michigan Infantry
The Citation
Sources ↓Although wounded, he continued fighting until, fainting from loss of blood, he was carried off the field.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- Alexander A Forman — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-27
current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison
- Alexander A Forman — U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index ↗U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index · Checked 2026-08-27
official Army Company E unit wording, matching action metadata, and citation for Alexander A Forman
Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
- Award ID
- MOH-AW-000755
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-27
- Other source unit wording
- CompanyC, 7th Michigan Infantry
- Entered service at
- Jonesville, Mich.
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- c4bdae81ccec89980e8e4a221772accfc351a126985fecc478fca4729ac95c01
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
The current Society structured profile renders Company C, 7th Michigan Infantry, while the official Army index and inherited citation identify Company E. Company E is canonical; both official versions and the Society “CompanyC” rendering are preserved.