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Medal of Honor Recipient

Franklin George Butterfield

U.S. Army · U.S. Civil War

MOH-RC-000632Source-based record

The award

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Army Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1863

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Medal of Honor

May 4, 1863

Salem Heights, Virginia, USA

Rank at action
First Lieutenant
Service
U.S. Army
Conflict
U.S. Civil War
Unit or command
Company C, 6th Vermont Infantry

The Citation

Sources ↓
Took command of the skirmish line and covered the movement of his regiment out of a precarious position.

Sources & record notes

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

  1. Franklin George Butterfield — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-26

    current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison

  2. Franklin George Butterfield — U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index ↗U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index · Checked 2026-08-26

    official Army name form Frank G. Butterfield, unit, action date, action place, and citation

Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
Award ID
MOH-AW-000638
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-26
Later or highest recorded rank
Lieutenant Colonel
Entered service at
Rockingham, Vt.
Archive transcription SHA-256
a37bef3d4740e2f2007ea46cb7cdf3b355f6a00023a2a094d5dbb27006692548

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

The current reference profile expands Frank G. Butterfield to Franklin George Butterfield, replaces the modern Salem Road geocoder result with Salem Heights, and preserves First Lieutenant as the action rank and Lieutenant Colonel as the later/highest rank. The Army index retains the Frank G. Butterfield form.

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