Medal of Honor
October 27, 1864
Hatcher's Run, Virginia, USA
- Rank at action
- Major
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- Civil War
- Unit or command
- 1st Maine Cavalry
The Citation
Sources ↓Voluntarily remained and participated in the battle with conspicuous gallantry, although his term of service had expired and he had been ordered home to be mustered out.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- Sidney Warren Thaxter — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-28
current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison
Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
- Award ID
- MOH-AW-001148
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-28
- Entered service at
- Bangor, Maine
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- c2116695df811145f22989187907ee6b9c82366ad1d094deb2f55c28e675f81f
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
Current reference profile confirms identity and core action metadata; legacy full citation text and source-row provenance are retained; General Order comparison remains pending.