Medal of Honor
May 12, 1864
Spotsylvania, Virginia, USA
- Rank at action
- Private
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- Civil War
- Unit or command
- Company E, 124th New York Infantry
The Citation
Sources ↓Capture of flag of 17th Louisiana (C.S.A.).
Separately preserved current-source wording
Captured from the linked current recipient source; it is not a new comparison with an original General Order.
Capture of flag.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- Archibald Freeman — 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-001447
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-28
- Entered service at
- Newburgh, N.Y.
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- de7b8fc2a7be3fa5f535409a06eda7cd6b534993ecc9013adc6737fe97c2b3b4
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
The current reference profile renders the citation as “Capture of flag.” The inherited citation’s 17th Louisiana identification remains preserved as a separate historical transcription.