Medal of Honor
August 19, 1864
Petersburg & Norfolk Railroad, Virginia, USA
- Rank at action
- Private
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- U.S. Civil War
- Unit or command
- Company C, 107th Pennsylvania Infantry
The Citation
Sources ↓Captured flag belonging to a North Carolina regiment, and through a ruse led them into the arms of Federal troops.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- Solomon J Hottenstine — 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-000848
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-27
- Later or highest recorded rank
- Sergeant
- Entered service at
- Philadelphia, Pa.
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- cea4bd69206d78c4c1acfd0566f9be1b4dbdcba89eca68f7db008810ebc3a9cb
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
The reference profile records the alias Solomon J Hottenstein, distinguishes Private at action from later Sergeant, and supplies the historical Petersburg & Norfolk Railroad location.