Medal of Honor
September 28, 1864
Waynesboro, Virginia, USA
- Rank at action
- Captain
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- U.S. Civil War
- Unit or command
- Company C, 1st Rhode Island Cavalry
The Citation
Sources ↓While in command of the provost guard in the village, he saw the Union lines returning before the attack of a greatly superior force of the enemy, mustered his guard, and, without orders, joined in the defense and charged the enemy without support. He received three saber wounds, his horse was shot, and he was taken prisoner.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- George Newman Bliss — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-26
current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison
Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
- Award ID
- MOH-AW-000602
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-26
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- a75678bad246d4c77825c131269e702124fba6ebcf5cf66f82be4a2bb6503b43
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
The current reference profile expands the middle name and confirms the Waynesboro action.