Medal of Honor
November 24, 1863
Lookout Mountain, Tennessee, USA
- Rank at action
- Sergeant
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- Civil War
- Unit or command
- Company D, 149th New York Infantry
The Citation
Sources ↓Waved the colors to save the lives of the men who were being fired upon by their own batteries, and thereby drew upon himself a concentrated fire from the enemy.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- John Kiggins — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-28
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Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
- Award ID
- MOH-AW-000890
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-28
- Entered service at
- Syracuse, N.Y.
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- 8bc0d0e14c6092c79c3068b4619504b75e9a8e2574cbbc3e51be04ee2748838f
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
Current reference profile confirms the inherited identity, action metadata, and citation.