Medal of Honor
June 3, 1864
Cold Harbor, Virginia, USA
- Rank at action
- Private
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- Civil War
- Unit or command
- Company G, 116th Pennsylvania Infantry
- Presentation date
- March 1, 1906
The Citation
Sources ↓When the color bearer was shot down, this soldier seized the colors and bore them gallantly in a charge against the enemy.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- James M. Seitzinger — 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-001093
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-28
- Later or highest recorded rank
- Sergeant
- Entered service at
- Worcester, Pa.
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- f42f2bdae132dc45c230263ac46db87a582f3bc8473c0e73c2aca911925be4ea
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
The current reference profile confirms the award; highest later rank retained as Sergeant; legacy citation text, current rendered citation text, provenance, candidate history, and checksums are preserved in parallel. No General Order verification is claimed.