Medal of Honor
June 17, 1864
Petersburg, Virginia, USA
- Rank at action
- Private
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- Civil War
- Unit or command
- Company I, 60th Ohio Infantry
The Citation
Sources ↓Remained with the command after being severely wounded until he had fired all the cartridges in his possession, when he had to be carried from the field.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- John H. Wageman — 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-001188
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-28
- Later or highest recorded rank
- Corporal
- Entered service at
- Amelia, Ohio
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- 39422ab03fc603e854b713da1bc3fe504903e8bfc3938abc30c136a39de76de4
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
Current reference profile confirms identity and core action metadata; legacy full citation text and source-row provenance are retained; General Order comparison remains pending.