Medal of Honor
November 20, 1863
Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
- Rank at action
- Private
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- U.S. Civil War
- Unit or command
- Company E, 17th Michigan Infantry
The Citation
Sources ↓Having voluntarily accompanied a small party to destroy buildings within the enemy's lines whence sharpshooters had been firing, disregarded an order to retire, remained and completed the firing of the buildings, thus insuring their total destruction; this at the imminent risk of his life from the fire of the advancing enemy.
Separately preserved current-source wording
Captured from the linked current recipient source; it is not a new comparison with an original General Order.
Having voluntarily accompanied a small party to destroy buildings within the enemy's lines whence sharpshooters had been firing, Kelley disregarded an order to retire, remained, and completed the firing of the buildings, thus insuring their total destruction; this at the imminent risk of his life from the fire of the advancing enemy.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- Andrew John Kelley — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-27
current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison
Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
- Award ID
- MOH-AW-000882
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-27
- Later or highest recorded rank
- Sergeant
- Entered service at
- Ypsilanti, Mich.
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- 24d6d0a4c351ea83f6fb2f0bccd190e9315ed86461a2e29433cb95a15dc093ef
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
The current profile expands the middle name and distinguishes Private at action from later Sergeant.