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Medal of Honor Recipient

John T. Rutherford

U.S. Army · Civil War

MOH-RC-001067Source-based record

The award

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Army Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1864

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Medal of Honor

May 11 & May 27, 1864

Yellow Tavern & Hanovertown, Virginia, USA

Rank at action
First Lieutenant
Service
U.S. Army
Conflict
Civil War
Unit or command
Company L, 9th New York Cavalry

The Citation

Sources ↓
Made a successful charge at Yellow Tavern, Va., 11 May 1864, by which 90 prisoners were captured. On 27 May 1864, in a gallant dash on a superior force of the enemy and in a personal encounter, captured his opponent.
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Captured from the linked current recipient source; it is not a new comparison with an original General Order.

Made a successful charge at Yellow Tavern, Va., 11 May 1864, by which 90 prisoners were captured. On 27 May 1864, in a gallant dash on a superior force of the enemy and a personal encounter, captured his opponent.

Sources & record notes

General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.

  1. John T. Rutherford — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-28

    current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison

  2. John T. Rutherford — U.S. Army Medal of Honor Roll ↗U.S. Army Medal of Honor Roll · Checked 2026-08-28

    official action dates of May 11, 1864 at Yellow Tavern and May 27, 1864 at Hanovertown

Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
Award ID
MOH-AW-001073
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-28
Other source date wording
1864-05-27
Later or highest recorded rank
Brevet Major
Entered service at
Canton, N.Y.
Archive transcription SHA-256
f4cd40631e940d8c6933fbbc214dec047788c4633841982c1619e616797fa0b5

Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.

The reference profile citation documents actions at Yellow Tavern on May 11, 1864 and Hanovertown on May 27, 1864 while its structured date field shows only May 27. The official U.S. Army roll confirms both dates. The canonical record retains both actions and preserves the Society field exactly.

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