Medal of Honor
May 12, 1864
Spotsylvania, Virginia, USA
- Rank at action
- Private
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- U.S. Civil War
- Unit or command
- Company B, 148th Pennsylvania Infantry
- Presentation date
- January 31, 1865
The Citation
Sources ↓Capture of battle flag of 8th North Carolina (C.S.A.), being one of the foremost in the assault.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- Robert Wesley Ammerman — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-26
current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison
Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
- Award ID
- MOH-AW-000568
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-26
- Entered service at
- Center County, Pa.
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- 79fa459ee4e4a898574edf5eb729504b4bde622cdf2d11e06ebcb9680446b72a
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
The current official profile expands the middle name and supplies the historical Spotsylvania action place.