Medal of Honor
June 1861–May 1864
Bull Run to Spotsylvania, Virginia, USA
- Rank at action
- First Lieutenant
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- U.S. Civil War
- Unit or command
- 2d U.S. Artillery
The Citation
Sources ↓Particularly distinguished services as an artillery officer.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- Samuel Nicholl Benjamin — 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-003087
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-09-01
- Entered service at
- New York, N.Y.
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- d3d1b53500cb807f216445112159b0a00a10545fa2561ebb403c6800e3671996
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; rendered current reference profile comparison is documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
The current official profile expands the middle name and documents a month-to-month range rather than exact days. The legacy initialed form remains an alias; First Lieutenant is retained as rank at action, distinct from the later brevet rank.