Medal of Honor
April 6, 1865
Deatonsville (Sailor's Creek), Virginia, USA
- Rank at action
- Lieutenant
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- Civil War
- Unit or command
- Company I, 61st New York Infantry
The Citation
Sources ↓Captured the flag of the 6th Alabama Cavalry (C.S.A.).
Sources & record notes
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- Rudolph R. Riddell — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-29
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Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
- Award ID
- MOH-AW-001590
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-29
- Later or highest recorded rank
- Brevet Lieutenant Colonel
- Entered service at
- Hamilton, N.Y.
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- 2630ebe81eb9aa2286e63d1ed060db54ac63f9b41c869ec79869fe0f235ff0b3
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