Medal of Honor
December 31, 1862
Stone River, Tennessee, USA
- Rank at action
- Chaplain
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- Civil War
- Unit or command
- 15th Indiana Infantry
The Citation
Sources ↓Went to the front during a desperate contest and unaided carried to the rear several wounded and helpless soldiers.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- John Milton Whitehead — 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-001212
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-28
- Entered service at
- Westville, Ind.
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- b6b34db22a0c820e5461525e32e647114ecb48a9fff0968ae7460e1376e0afca
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.