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Medal of Honor Recipient

George Dallas Sidman

U.S. Army · Civil War

MOH-RC-001098Source-based record

The award

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Army Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1862

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Medal of Honor

June 27, 1862

Gaines' Mill, Virginia, USA

Rank at action
Private
Service
U.S. Army
Conflict
Civil War
Unit or command
Company C, 16th Michigan Infantry

The Citation

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Distinguished bravery in battle. Rallied his comrades to charge vastly superior force until wounded in the hip. He was a 16-year-old drummer.
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Distinguished bravery in battle. Rallied his comrades to charge vastly superior force until wounded in the hip. He was a 16-year old drummer.

Sources & record notes

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  1. George Dallas Sidman — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-28

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Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
Award ID
MOH-AW-001104
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-28
Later or highest recorded rank
Corporal
Entered service at
Owosso, Mich.
Archive transcription SHA-256
c427b0475299ea2d2c8bfe8ebf33d06d746fc0de3eaeaffeeb3ed00a25f3a4be

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

The current reference profile confirms the award; highest later rank retained as Corporal; legacy citation text, current rendered citation text, provenance, candidate history, and checksums are preserved in parallel. No General Order verification is claimed.

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