Medal of Honor
April 2, 1865
Petersburg, Virginia, USA
- Rank at action
- Corporal
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- U.S. 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.
- James Albert Barber — 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-000578
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-26
- Other source unit wording
- 1st Rhode Island Light Artillery
- Entered service at
- Westerly, 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 expands the middle name and confirms the action. The Society structured unit omits Company G; the inherited and official Army records retain Company G.