Medal of Honor
July 1, 1862
Malvern Hill, Virginia, USA
- Rank at action
- First Lieutenant & Adjutant
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- Civil War
- Unit or command
- Company I, 9th Massachusetts Infantry
The Citation
Sources ↓Voluntarily took command of the 9th Massachusetts while adjutant, bravely fighting from 3 p.m. until dusk, rallying and re-forming the regiment under fire; twice picked up the regimental flag, the color bearer having been shot down, and placed it in worthy hands.
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Voluntarily took command of the 9th Massachusetts while adjutant, bravely fighting from 3:00 P.M. until dusk, rallying and reforming the regiment under fire; twice picked up the regimental flag, the color bearer having been shot down, and placed it in worthy hands.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- John Michael Tobin — 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-001162
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-28
- Later or highest recorded rank
- Captain
- Entered service at
- Boston, Mass.
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- 63481eefc6a80ff3f9969e7eef0d49562c3b286e75ddfaad335a01ca1bfc793c
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.