Medal of Honor
May 4, 1863
Fredericksburg Heights, Virginia, USA
- Rank at action
- Corporal
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- Civil War
- Unit or command
- Company D, 49th New York Infantry
The Citation
Sources ↓Shot a Confederate color bearer and seized the flag; also approached, alone, a barn between the lines and demanded and received the surrender of a number of the enemy therein.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- John P. McVeane — 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-000958
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-28
- Entered service at
- Buffalo, N.Y.
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- f201b8d96add54a986e55fa7845bd171dda6f1c494a8f9fda5b7b9583608e938
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
The current reference profile corrects surname capitalization, records John P. McVean as an alias, and replaces the inherited road geocoder value with Fredericksburg Heights. The identity, unit, date, and citation are confirmed without a merge or split.