Medal of Honor
May 3, 1863
Salem Heights, Virginia, USA
- Rank at action
- Major
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- U.S. Civil War
- Unit or command
- 16th New York Infantry
The Citation
Sources ↓Seized the colors of his regiment and gallantly rallied his men under a very severe fire.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- John Curtis Gilmore — 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-000774
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-27
- Later or highest recorded rank
- Brigadier General USA
- Entered service at
- Potsdam, N.Y.
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- 84b068896d13c5a28a9a39cbf986aa42b64af3d5fbdc1bd2b0b0fd8954845ac6
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
Current reference profile expands John C. Gilmore to John Curtis Gilmore, preserves Major as the action rank, and records Brigadier General USA as the later/profile rank.