Medal of Honor
May 4, 1863
Banks Ford, Virginia, USA
- Rank at action
- Sergeant
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- U.S. Civil War
- Unit or command
- Company K, 4th Vermont Infantry
The Citation
Sources ↓Single-handedly captured 2 officers and 5 privates of the 8th Louisiana Regiment (C.S.A.).
Separately preserved current-source wording
Captured from the linked current recipient source; it is not a new comparison with an original General Order.
Singlehandedly captured two officers and five privates of the 8th Louisiana Regiment (C.S.A.).
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- Robert John Coffey — 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-000676
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-27
- Later or highest recorded rank
- Major
- Entered service at
- Montpelier, Vt.
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- a09da58bd133e8d9f67f0aaf5ea37a18257d8a5de00a747f7e8478d003274e57
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
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.