Medal of Honor
May 12, 1864
Spotsylvania, Virginia, USA
- Rank at action
- Private
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- Civil War
- Unit or command
- Company C, 3d Michigan Infantry
The Citation
Sources ↓Capture of colors of 4th Georgia Battery (C.S.A.)
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Captured from the linked current recipient source; it is not a new comparison with an original General Order.
Capture of colors of 4th Georgia Battery (C.S.A.).
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- Benjamin Morse — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-29
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Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
- Award ID
- MOH-AW-001559
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-29
- Later or highest recorded rank
- Corporal
- Entered service at
- Grand Rapids, Mich.
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- 56ff7a9b42a2b85f229f01d16ca40f72252d788e1298d4a50b1232d4ed44f8e1
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