Medal of Honor
August 30, 1862
Bull Run, Virginia, USA
- Rank at action
- Private
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- Civil War
- Unit or command
- Company F, 5th New York Infantry
The Citation
Sources ↓Under heavy fire voluntarily carried information to a battery commander that enabled him to save his guns from capture. Was severely wounded, but refused to go to the hospital and participated in the remainder of the campaign.
Sources & record notes
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- James W. Webb — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-28
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Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
- Award ID
- MOH-AW-001198
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-28
- Later or highest recorded rank
- Brevet Captain
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- a135ea110abb25aad6de8daa006b0a05964fc1cc66486efdc9fbd1724258110b
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