Medal of Honor
May 2, 1863
Chancellorsville, Virginia, USA
- Rank at action
- Sergeant Major
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- Civil War
- Unit or command
- 74th New York Infantry
The Citation
Sources ↓Bravery in conducting a scouting party in front of the enemy.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- Eugene Philip Jacobson — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-29
current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison
Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
- Award ID
- MOH-AW-001491
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-29
- Later or highest recorded rank
- Brevet Captain, U.S. Vols.
- Entered service at
- New York, N.Y.
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- 9a8a74c2d360462be009d9614bdb625265c9af1c6d70a7a1a6b166bcdf64e815
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
The current reference profile identifies the recipient as Eugene Philip Jacobson; the inherited Eugene P. Jacobson rendering remains preserved.