Medal of Honor
April 1, 1865
Five Forks, Virginia, USA
- Rank at action
- Captain
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- Civil War
- Unit or command
- Company D, 157th Pennsylvania Infantry
The Citation
Sources ↓Capture of the flag of the 16th South Carolina Infantry, in hand_to_hand combat.
Separately preserved current-source wording
Captured from the linked current recipient source; it is not a new comparison with an original General Order.
Capture of the flag of the 16th South Carolina Infantry, in hand-to-hand combat.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- John Wallace Scott — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-28
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Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
- Award ID
- MOH-AW-001089
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-28
- Later or highest recorded rank
- Brevet Major
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- 48a93528336cd5e2918dd81469ded84858067fb158d833b4646211d1110cd10f
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
The current reference profile confirms the award; highest later rank retained as Brevet Major; legacy citation text, current rendered citation text, provenance, candidate history, and checksums are preserved in parallel. No General Order verification is claimed.