Medal of Honor
April 2, 1865
Petersburg, Virginia, USA
- Rank at action
- Private
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- Civil War
- Unit or command
- Company G, 1st Rhode Island Light Artillery
The Citation
Sources ↓Was one of a detachment of 20 picked artillerymen who voluntarily accompanied an infantry assaulting party, and who turned upon the enemy the guns captured in the assault.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- George W. Potter — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-28
current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison
Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
- Award ID
- MOH-AW-001032
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-28
- Entered service at
- Coventry, R.I.
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- 03e8273862addbfa10836d94ee2d779c9921c2e875f75b2dac6688562f3423fe
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
The current reference profile confirms the inherited identity, unit, action date, and citation, adds the action rank, and normalizes the historical action place.