Medal of Honor
1864
Wilderness Campaign, Spotsylvania & Petersburg, Virginia, USA
- Rank at action
- Captain
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- U.S. Civil War
- Unit or command
- 11th U.S. Infantry
The Citation
Sources ↓Gallantry in actions.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- James Madison Cutts — Congressional Medal of Honor Society recipient profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-09-01
current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison
Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
- Award ID
- MOH-AW-003107
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-09-01
- Entered service at
- Illinois
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- 33728e196c4dce9b8a4585367170d9f8c6285213ffeefeff809b07d12da14997
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; rendered current reference profile comparison is documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
The current official profile expands the middle name and separately records Brevet Lieutenant Colonel as the highest rank; Captain remains the rank at the Medal of Honor action. The abbreviated legacy form remains preserved as an alias.