Medal of Honor
October 3, 1862
Blackwater River, near Franklin, Virginia, USA
- Rank at action
- Sergeant
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- Civil War
- Unit or command
- Company K, 4th Rhode Island Infantry
The Citation
Sources ↓Gallantry in action while on detached service on board the gunboat Barney.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- James H. Burbank — 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-001394
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-28
- Entered service at
- Providence, R.I.
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- ecd620db7fa59f039275ce3d2c00a0aa4764b3474a62d6fdcedee7623ada98c9
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.