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Medal of Honor Recipient

Frank M. Whitman

U.S. Army · Civil War

MOH-RC-001207Source-based record

The award

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Army Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1862

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Medal of Honor

September 17, 1862–May 18, 1864

Antietam, Maryland & Spotsylvania, Virginia, USA

Rank at action
Private
Service
U.S. Army
Conflict
Civil War
Unit or command
Company G, 35th Massachusetts Infantry

The Citation

Sources ↓
Was among the last to leave the field at Antietam and was instrumental in saving the lives of several of his comrades at the imminent risk of his own. At Spotsylvania was foremost in line in the assault, where he lost a leg.

Sources & record notes

General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.

  1. Frank M. Whitman — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-28

    current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison

  2. Frank M. Whitman — The United States Army Civil War Medal of Honor recipient roll ↗The United States Army Civil War Medal of Honor recipient roll · Checked 2026-08-28

    both Antietam 17 September 1862 and Spotsylvania 18 May 1864 action dates and places within one Frank M. Whitman award

Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
Award ID
MOH-AW-001213
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-28
Later or highest recorded rank
Sergeant
Entered service at
Ayersville, Mass.
Archive transcription SHA-256
ec343fb023489fa1d540a04389beb182d123291ba25d8a16850885c82a74a755

Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.

The current reference profile structures the Antietam action and its citation also documents the later Spotsylvania action. The official Army roll explicitly lists both dates and places. One canonical award is retained with a controlled action range; the inherited Spotsylvania-only structured rendering, both official descriptions, citation text, provenance, and checksums remain parallel evidence.

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