Medal of Honor
August 9, 1862
Cedar Mountain, Virginia, USA
- Rank at action
- Captain
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- U.S. Civil War
- Unit or command
- Company C, 5th Connecticut Infantry
The Citation
Sources ↓Seized a fallen flag of the regiment, the color bearer having been killed, carried it forward in the face of a severe fire, and though himself shot down and permanently disabled, planted the staff in the earth and kept the flag flying.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- George W Corliss — Congressional Medal of Honor Society recipient profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-09-02
current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison
Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
- Award ID
- MOH-AW-003429
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-09-02
- Entered service at
- New Haven, Conn.
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- aa75d63c320a37d141c0b5e65d238628144255e0d0f116f05a1465c820bbde5b
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; rendered current reference profile comparison is documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
Current official reference profile confirms identity and core action metadata; exact legacy citation text and checksum are retained; General Order comparison remains pending.