Medal of Honor
May 5, 1862
Williamsburg, Virginia, USA
- Rank at action
- Sergeant
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- U.S. Civil War
- Unit or command
- Company B, 37th New York Infantry
The Citation
Sources ↓Took command of the company in action, the captain having been wounded, the other commissioned officers being absent, and handled it with skill and bravery.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- Martin Conboy — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-27
current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison
- Martin Conboy — U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index ↗U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index · Checked 2026-08-27
official Sergeant rank and matching action record
Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
- Award ID
- MOH-AW-000678
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-27
- Later or highest recorded rank
- Second Lieutenant
- Entered service at
- New York, N.Y.
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- 6d84ad81ccd3f68518bad8ec49a5d27540f4886ebf7d626a04455be7c325b77f
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
Official sources disagree on rank: Society First Sergeant versus Army and inherited Sergeant. Sergeant is canonical; First Sergeant and later Second Lieutenant remain preserved.