Medal of Honor
May 12, 1864
Spotsylvania, Virginia, USA
- Rank at action
- First Lieutenant
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- Civil War
- Unit or command
- Company A, 105th Pennsylvania Infantry
The Citation
Sources ↓Capture of flag of 18th North Carolina Infantry (C.S.A.), in a personal encounter with the color bearer.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- Alexander H. Mitchell — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-28
current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison
Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
- Award ID
- MOH-AW-000969
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-28
- Later or highest recorded rank
- Captain
- Entered service at
- Hamilton, Pa.
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- 81bad6a1554149d46fc4bc27b2af351eadff5c299aa2e1d3d1f7fcb61164cbae
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
The current profile confirms the identity and award and records Captain as the highest later rank.