Medal of Honor
September 14, 1862
South Mountain, Maryland, USA
- Rank at action
- Private
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- U.S. Civil War
- Unit or command
- Company F, 16th New York Infantry
- Presentation date
- September 11, 1890
The Citation
Sources ↓Single-handed and slightly wounded he accosted a squad of 14 Confederate soldiers bearing the colors of the 16th Georgia Infantry (C.S.A.). By an imaginary ruse he secured their surrender and kept them at bay when the regimental commander discovered him and rode away for assistance.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- James Allen — 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-000565
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-26
- Later or highest recorded rank
- Corporal
- Entered service at
- Potsdam, N.Y.
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- 4f694d195a85b98f2b27ed53719a193cbcf01e1dbbc4abafd64b1d8304200419
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
The current official profile confirms the identity and preserves Private as the action rank and Corporal as the later rank.