Medal of Honor
May 23, 1863
New Bern, North Carolina, USA
- Rank at action
- Sergeant
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- U.S. Civil War
- Unit or command
- Company A, 46th Massachusetts Infantry
The Citation
Sources ↓By his courage and judicious disposition of his guard of 16 men, stationed in a small earthwork at the head of the bridge, held in check and repulsed for a half hour a fierce attack of a strong force of the enemy, thus probably saving the city New Bern from capture.
Separately preserved current-source wording
Captured from the linked current recipient source; it is not a new comparison with an original General Order.
By his courage and judicious disposition of his guard of 16 men, stationed in a small earthwork at the head of the bridge, Bryant held in check and repulsed for a half hour a fierce attack of a strong force of the enemy, thus probably saving the city New Bern from capture.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- Andrew Symmes Bryant — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-26
current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison
Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
- Award ID
- MOH-AW-000627
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-26
- Later or highest recorded rank
- Sergeant Major
- Entered service at
- Massachusetts
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- c73211f2e77f8a1cdac5cce549221b319e2ee9254efbd82e524cd21a114ff194
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
The current reference profile expands the middle name, preserves Sergeant as the action rank and Sergeant Major as the later/highest rank, and supplies the current rendered citation.