Medal of Honor
May 24, 1864
Ashepoo River, South Carolina, USA
- Rank at action
- Second Lieutenant
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- U.S. Civil War
- Unit or command
- Company B, 34th U.S. Colored Infantry
The Citation
Sources ↓Voluntarily commanded a boat crew, which went to the rescue of a large number of Union soldiers on board the stranded steamer Boston, and with great gallantry succeeded in conveying them to shore, being exposed during the entire time to heavy fire from a Confederate battery.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- George Washington Brush — 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-000626
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-26
- Entered service at
- New York
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- 3f44c28938b4ada8fe93c5f3cf1ca2856dabf9a418b0d658ab5368b447ed7504
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, specifies Second Lieutenant as the action rank, and uses the 34th U.S. Colored Infantry unit wording. The inherited Lieutenant and Colored Troops values remain preserved.