Medal of Honor
May 6, 1864
Wilderness Campaign, Virginia, USA
- Rank at action
- First Sergeant
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- Civil War
- Unit or command
- Company D, 5th Michigan Infantry
The Citation
Sources ↓Capture of flag of 31st North Carolina (C.S.A.) in a personal encounter.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- Joseph Bell Kemp — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-29
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Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
- Award ID
- MOH-AW-001506
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-29
- Later or highest recorded rank
- Captain
- Entered service at
- Sault Ste. Marie, Mich.
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- fe87d4410e87a31a7eeb9a0c84bed60fea32fe1791be4c3552ddd78fa2e93379
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