Medal of Honor
May 14, 1864
Resaca, Georgia, USA
- Rank at action
- Private
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- Civil War
- Unit or command
- Company A, 33d Massachusetts Infantry
The Citation
Sources ↓While detailed as clerk at headquarters, voluntarily engaged in action at a critical moment and personal example inspired the troops to repel the enemy.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- Joseph Alton Sladen — 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-001109
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-28
- Later or highest recorded rank
- Major, U.S. Army, ret.
- Entered service at
- Lowell, Mass.
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- 644311766921df59cdf5d9e482bc9607217fa77a45bb655e6fd4bc81e4066e04
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
The current reference profile confirms the award; name expanded or reconciled; highest later rank retained as Major, U.S. Army, ret.; legacy citation text, current rendered citation text, provenance, candidate history, and checksums are preserved in parallel. No General Order verification is claimed.