Medal of Honor
June 27, 1862
Gaines' Mill, Virginia, USA
- Rank at action
- Corporal
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- Civil War
- Unit or command
- Company C, 16th New York Infantry
The Citation
Sources ↓Voluntarily took up the regimental colors after several color bearers had been shot down and carried them until himself wounded.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- John Henry Moffitt — 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-000970
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-28
- Later or highest recorded rank
- Sergeant
- Entered service at
- Plattsburg, N.Y.
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- 1a18b949f6e0171f14e5d1446371394ab5770a7f5137a64b4563604168d6ddb1
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
The reference profile expands the middle name, records Sergeant as the highest later rank, and replaces the inherited modern street geocoder result with Gaines' Mill.