Medal of Honor
1864–1865
from Columbia, Virginia to City Point on the James River, west of Richmond, Virginia, USA
- Rank at action
- Private
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- Civil War
- Unit or command
- Company K, 1st West Virginia Cavalry
The Citation
Sources ↓Was 1 of 2 men who succeeded in getting through the enemy's lines with dispatches to Gen. Grant.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- Archibald Hamilton Rowand Jr — Congressional Medal of Honor Society recipient profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-09-01
current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison
Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
- Award ID
- MOH-AW-003008
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-09-01
- Entered service at
- Pittsburgh, Pa.
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- 17521af0e4e331c4b6d41df9b8ba6480cc522765d5b5649b4ed95290925d5531
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; rendered current reference profile comparison is documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
The current profile gives only 1864–1865 and notes multiple actions during the winter of 1864 to 1865. A year-range precision is encoded without inventing exact days. The confirmed URL is candidate rank three after controlled comparison.