Medal of Honor
September 17, 1862
Antietam, Maryland, USA
- Rank at action
- Corporal
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- U.S. Civil War
- Unit or command
- Battery A, 1st Rhode Island Light Artillery
The Citation
Sources ↓Was wounded and taken to the rear insensible, but when partially recovered insisted on returning to the battery and resumed command of his piece, so remaining until the close of the battle.
Separately preserved current-source wording
Captured from the linked current recipient source; it is not a new comparison with an original General Order.
Was wounded and taken to the rear, insensible, but when partialy recovered, Child insisted on returning to the battery and resumed command of his piece, so remaining until the close of the battle.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- Benjamin Ham Child — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-27
current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison
- Benjamin Ham Child — U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index ↗U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index · Checked 2026-08-27
official correctly spelled citation wording and matching metadata
Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
- Award ID
- MOH-AW-000660
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-27
- Later or highest recorded rank
- Second Lieutenant
- Entered service at
- Providence, R.I.
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- 0602e35c79bf59337cb9261db6be67afd212a84999e3db59c3bf7c5fcd0cdeff
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
The Society rendered citation contains “partialy”; the Army index and inherited citation use “partially.” Both are preserved and the legacy citation is not replaced.