Medal of Honor
May 26 - 30, 1862
Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, USA
- Rank at action
- Brigadier General
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- U.S. Civil War
- Unit or command
- U.S. Volunteers
The Citation
Sources ↓Distinguished gallantry and good conduct in the defense.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- Rufus Saxton Jr — Congressional Medal of Honor Society recipient profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-09-01
current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison
Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
- Award ID
- MOH-AW-003185
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-09-01
- Entered service at
- Deerfield, Mass.
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- e2520d2093bdc23fb67d5294fbae1bed27052e400e89cf3fb2f2716bef984db5
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; rendered current reference profile comparison is documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
The current official profile adds the suffix Jr; the unsuffixed legacy form remains preserved as an alias. Brigadier General is retained as rank at action, distinct from the later brevet rank.