Medal of Honor
July 2, 1863
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, USA
- Rank at action
- Lieutenant
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- Civil War
- Unit or command
- Company A, 140th Pennsylvania Infantry
The Citation
Sources ↓Voluntarily assisted a wounded comrade to a place of apparent safety while the enemy were in close proximity; he received the fire of the enemy and a wound which resulted in the amputation of his left leg.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- James Jackson Purman — 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-001038
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-28
- Later or highest recorded rank
- First Lieutenant
- Entered service at
- Greene County, Pa.
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- 26c650d90cc811e73f799da6cc6fa8263213c44ad8dd12039518b498b4745c57
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
The current reference profile confirms the identity and award; name expanded or reconciled; highest later rank retained as First Lieutenant; legacy citation text, current rendered citation text, provenance, and checksums are preserved in parallel. No General Order verification is claimed.