Medal of Honor
April 2, 1865
Petersburg, Virginia, USA
- Rank at action
- Second Lieutenant
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- U.S. Civil War
- Unit or command
- Company I, 12th West Virginia Infantry
The Citation
Sources ↓Seized the colors of his regiment after 2 color bearers had fallen, bore them gallantly, and was among the first to gain a foothold, with his flag, inside the enemy's works.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- Josiah M Curtis — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-27
current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison
Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
- Award ID
- MOH-AW-000699
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-27
- Later or highest recorded rank
- First Lieutenant
- Entered service at
- Ohio County, W. Va.
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- d832ee2bb5c8e40cf1ad5cbb65416fc47dcd0a5cd10fbef0c682fdc5db475d55
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Current official Society evidence confirms the identity and core action record; historical action wording replaces inherited geocoder text while all inherited values and the complete legacy citation remain preserved.