Medal of Honor
June 15, 1864
near Kenesaw Mountain, Georgia, USA
- Rank at action
- Private
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- U.S. Civil War
- Unit or command
- Company E, 11th Iowa Infantry
The Citation
Sources ↓With one companion and under a fierce fire of the enemy at close range, went to the rescue of a wounded comrade who had fallen between the lines and carried him to a place of safety.
Separately preserved current-source wording
Captured from the linked current recipient source; it is not a new comparison with an original General Order.
With one companion and under a fierce fire of the enemy at close-range, went to the rescue of a wounded comrade who had fallen between the lines and carried him to a place of safety.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- Pitt B Herington — 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-000825
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-27
- Entered service at
- Tipton, Cedar County, Iowa
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- 54492cb82759f287ca0e4e1dda2b62aa02747a7bf0c5d4a6fc77acb7d514114a
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
The current Society and Army profiles use the historical Kenesaw spelling and near-place wording. The inherited modern Kennesaw geocoder result remains preserved.