Medal of Honor
February 6, 1865
Hatcher's Run, Virginia, USA
- Rank at action
- Sergeant
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- Civil War
- Unit or command
- Company B, 1st New Jersey Cavalry
- Presentation date
- January 3, 1906
The Citation
Sources ↓Under a heavy fire from the enemy carried off the field a commissioned officer who was severely wounded and also led a charge on the enemy's rifle pits.
Sources & record notes
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- John Christopher Sagelhurst — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-28
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Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
- Award ID
- MOH-AW-001076
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-28
- Later or highest recorded rank
- First Sergeant
- Entered service at
- Buffalo, N.Y.
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- a0d3cbb7dee6b25d6da4d4d2009b76caf7d2c31ee4807388de7d20b49622a69a
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
The current reference profile confirms the identity and award; name expanded or reconciled; highest later rank retained as First Sergeant; documented alternate name retained; legacy citation text, current rendered citation text, provenance, and checksums are preserved in parallel. No General Order verification is claimed.