Medal of Honor
May 3, 1863
Salem Heights, Virginia, USA
- Rank at action
- Chaplain
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- U.S. Civil War
- Unit or command
- 16th New York Infantry
The Citation
Sources ↓Voluntarily exposed himself to a heavy fire during the thickest of the fight and carried wounded men to the rear for treatment and attendance.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- Francis Bloodgood Hall — 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-000798
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-27
- Entered service at
- Plattsburgh, N.Y.
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- 72f00d59f94d751a8d9a7c51a91a865cc8f05ac7037e0e6c6bbba62c1fe2d132
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
The current reference profile expands Francis B. Hall to Francis Bloodgood Hall, supplies Chaplain as the action rank, and replaces the inherited modern-geocoder result with Salem Heights. The complete inherited citation remains preserved.