Medal of Honor
May 3, 1863
Fredericksburg, Virginia, USA
- Rank at action
- Sergeant
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- U.S. Civil War
- Unit or command
- Company G, 2d Vermont Infantry
The Citation
Sources ↓Carried the colors to the top of the heights and almost to the muzzle of the enemy's guns.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- Ephraim W Harrington — 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-000808
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-27
- Later or highest recorded rank
- Major
- Entered service at
- Kirby, Vt.
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- c08207d47845e9c60dee0d6efa7601972ef2ce3312eb9fd0d86dbc896e9d2f36
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
The current reference profile identifies Sergeant as the action rank and Major as the later rank and confirms the Company G, 2d Vermont Infantry action at Fredericksburg. The complete inherited citation remains preserved.