Medal of Honor
March 29, 1865
Lewis' Farm, Virginia, USA
- Rank at action
- Colonel
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- Civil War
- Unit or command
- 155th Pennsylvania Infantry
The Citation
Sources ↓Seeing a brigade forced back by the enemy, he seized his regimental color, called on his men to follow him, and advanced upon the enemy under a severe fire. The whole brigade took up the advance, the lost ground was regained, and 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 L. Pearson — 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-001010
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-28
- Later or highest recorded rank
- Brevet Major General
- Entered service at
- Pittsburgh, Pa.
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- 1df0f63dc53a78b6440eebe0c8aeea2140faba6ef3d22faf689986dbafbe9f4a
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
The current reference profile confirms the identity and award, records Colonel as the action rank and Brevet Major General as the highest later rank, and replaces the inherited state-only place with Lewis' Farm.