Medal of Honor
February 11, 1865
Aiken, South Carolina, USA
- Rank at action
- Sergeant
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- Civil War
- Unit or command
- Company C, 9th Michigan Cavalry
The Citation
Sources ↓Voluntarily and at great personal risk returned, in the face of the advance of the enemy, and rescued from impending death or capture, Maj. William C. Stevens, 9th Michigan Cavalry, who had been thrown from his horse.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- James W. Toban — 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-001161
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-28
- Entered service at
- Northfield, Mich.
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- 63726f9343236fea1847901dcfa43f8995fe9b93f8781f8177ef88d85bc97672
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
The reference profile records Jacobus W. Toban as an alternate name. Both renderings remain attached to one canonical identity; no duplicate identity was created.