Medal of Honor
August 5, 1862
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
- Rank at action
- Sergeant Major
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- U.S. Civil War
- Unit or command
- 9th Connecticut Infantry
The Citation
Sources ↓Voluntarily sought the line of battle and alone and unaided captured 2 prisoners, driving them before him to regimental headquarters at the point of the bayonet.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- John Calvin Curtis — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-27
current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison
Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
- Award ID
- MOH-AW-000698
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-27
- Entered service at
- Bridgeport, Conn.
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- 64e7d3f9c7709767f5e1bb23b989dd3be3d1979345b9486d67ae55c12137a94d
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
Current official Society evidence confirms the identity and core action record; historical action wording replaces inherited geocoder text while all inherited values and the complete legacy citation remain preserved.