Medal of Honor
July 1, 1863
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, USA
- Rank at action
- Major
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- Civil War
- Unit or command
- 90th Pennsylvania Infantry
The Citation
Sources ↓Voluntarily led the regiment under a withering fire to a position from which the enemy was repulsed.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- Alfred Jacob Sellers — 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-001094
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-28
- Later or highest recorded rank
- Brevet Colonel
- Entered service at
- Pennsylvania
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- e08924ffaaec30e25c6cec07bf63df475f42191d53ec7c0c21098340f2a9cd6e
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
The current reference profile confirms the award; name expanded or reconciled; highest later rank retained as Brevet Colonel; legacy citation text, current rendered citation text, provenance, candidate history, and checksums are preserved in parallel. No General Order verification is claimed.