Medal of Honor
July 30, 1864
Petersburg, Virginia, USA
- Rank at action
- Corporal
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- U.S. Civil War
- Unit or command
- Company E, 1st Michigan Sharpshooters
The Citation
Sources ↓Instead of retreating, remained in the captured works, regardless of his personal safety and exposed to the firing, which he boldly and deliberately returned until the enemy was close upon him.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- Sidney Haight — 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-000797
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-27
- Entered service at
- Goodland, Mich.
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- cb749937b3e8f0cf8bb86ddd0ffee665fd152157b61074fdf3037ee19842b2fb
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
The current reference profile confirms Sidney Haight, Corporal, Company E, 1st Michigan Sharpshooters, the July 30, 1864 action, and the historical Petersburg location. The complete inherited citation remains unchanged.