Medal of Honor
July 3, 1863
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, USA
- Rank at action
- Sergeant
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- U.S. Civil War
- Unit or command
- Company C, 19th Massachusetts Infantry
The Citation
Sources ↓Capture of flag of 57th Virginia Infantry (C.S.A.). He also assisted in taking prisoners.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- Benjamin H Jellison — 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-000870
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-27
- Later or highest recorded rank
- Captain
- Entered service at
- Newburyport, Mass.
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- 152c3b474f59e46fc04f9a4d43b69178ecc9c5b0e97c5bb22fbc3ffb7a524a40
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
The current profile confirms the imported identity and preserves Sergeant as the action rank, with later Captain recorded separately.