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Medal of Honor Recipient

Joseph Sewell Gerrish Sweatt

U.S. Army · Civil War

MOH-RC-001130Source-based record

The award

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Army Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1863

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Medal of Honor

May 15, 1863

Carrsville, Virginia, USA

Rank at action
Private
Service
U.S. Army
Conflict
Civil War
Unit or command
Company C, 6th Massachusetts Infantry

The Citation

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When ordered to retreat this soldier turned and rushed back to the front, in the face of heavy fire of the enemy, in an endeavor to rescue his wounded comrades, remaining by them until overpowered and taken prisoner.
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Captured from the linked current recipient source; it is not a new comparison with an original General Order.

When ordered to retreat, this soldier turned and rushed back to the front, in the face of heavy fire from the enemy, in an endeavor to rescue his wounded comrades, remaining by them until overpowered and taken prisoner.

Sources & record notes

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

  1. Joseph Sewell Gerrish Sweatt — 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-001136
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-28
Entered service at
Lowell, Mass.
Archive transcription SHA-256
b0130540451b99f980caec314d2e9e4b0eba44626c531ff39181c12895e952c9

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

The inherited rank-1 Joseph S. G. Sweatt URL was stale; inherited candidate rank 3 resolved to the current reference profile. The canonical name expands the initials and normalizes Gerrish capitalization, while the exact current heading, failed higher-ranked candidates, citation variants, provenance, and checksums remain preserved.

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