Medal of Honor
April 3, 1865
Petersburg, Virginia, USA
- Rank at action
- Corporal
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- U.S. Civil War
- Unit or command
- Company B, 2d Connecticut Heavy Artillery
The Citation
Sources ↓Capture of battle flag.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- Elijah A. Briggs — 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-001385
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-28
- Later or highest recorded rank
- Sergeant
- Entered service at
- Salisbury, Conn.
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- 2c7857130f2909d5cec5a799e7190d3769a222d4a73e8cef6e937d2f9e1836b2
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
Current reference profile confirms identity and core action metadata; legacy full citation text and source-row provenance are retained; General Order comparison remains pending.