Medal of Honor
April 22, 1863
Vicksburg, Mississippi, USA
- Rank at action
- Second Lieutenant
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- Civil War
- Unit or command
- Company B, 11th Illinois Infantry
The Citation
Sources ↓Served gallantly as a volunteer with the crew of the steamer Horizon that, under a heavy fire, passed the Confederate batteries.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- James David Vernay — 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-001186
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-28
- Later or highest recorded rank
- Brevet Major
- Entered service at
- Lacon, Marshall County, Ill.
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- 9d8bfd00b894dafb467d1990edd947db9b297c27604b7b4d30ab8ea0924ff8ae
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
Current reference profile confirms identity and core action metadata; legacy full citation text and source-row provenance are retained; General Order comparison remains pending.