Medal of Honor
May 31, 1864
near Bethesda Church, Virginia, USA
- Rank at action
- First Lieutenant
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- U.S. Civil War
- Unit or command
- U.S. Engineers
The Citation
Sources ↓Exposed himself to great danger by voluntarily making his way through the enemy's lines to communicate with Gen. Sheridan. While rendering this service he was captured, but escaped; again came in contact with the enemy, was again ordered to surrender, but escaped by dashing away under fire.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- George Lewis Gillespie Jr — 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-000772
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-27
- Later or highest recorded rank
- Major General
- Entered service at
- Chattanooga, Tenn.
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- 49b632056718237929aeb14f88d2651f115642ae9601a6ec3cd25cb6ad9a6ee4
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
Current reference profile expands George L. Gillespie to George Lewis Gillespie Jr., identifies U.S. Engineers, and replaces an inherited modern-geocoder result with the historical near-Bethesda-Church wording. The inherited identity and Corps of Engineers wording remain preserved.