Medal of Honor
May 28, 1864
Hawes Shops, Virginia, USA
- Rank at action
- First Lieutenant
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- U.S. Civil War
- Unit or command
- Company D, 9th Michigan Cavalry
The Citation
Sources ↓While acting as aide, voluntarily led a part of the line into the fight, and was twice wounded.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- James Isaac Christiancy — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-27
current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison
Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
- Award ID
- MOH-AW-000661
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-27
- Entered service at
- Monroe County, Mich.
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- 9d0768336fe5268d96924b2e784e02d998a4259588323444d8d6fc20aef40bb5
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Current official Society evidence confirms the identity and core action record; historical action wording replaces inherited geocoder text while all inherited values and the complete legacy citation remain preserved.