Medal of Honor
May 3, 1863
Fredericksburg, Virginia, USA
- Rank at action
- Private
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- Civil War
- Unit or command
- Company D, 7th Massachusetts Infantry
The Citation
Sources ↓Among the first to jump into the enemy's rifle pits, he himself captured and brought out three prisoners.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- James Hezikiah Luther — 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-000924
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-28
- Later or highest recorded rank
- Corporal
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- 6533afeea0167cd96ae4a833bbde7ea25145318337ce120dbd0fb50794378dfd
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
The current reference profile expands the inherited middle initial and records Corporal as the highest later rank. Identity, unit, action date, historical place, and citation are confirmed; the inherited abbreviated name and geocoder-style place remain in evidence.