Medal of Honor
May 8, 1864
Dug Gap, Georgia, USA
- Rank at action
- Sergeant
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- Civil War
- Unit or command
- Company C, 154th New York Infantry
The Citation
Sources ↓Risked his life in rescuing a wounded comrade under fire of the enemy.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- Stephen Welch — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-29
current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison
Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
- Award ID
- MOH-AW-001656
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-29
- Later or highest recorded rank
- Captain
- Entered service at
- Allegany, Cattaraugus County, N.Y.
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- 1212138a7166a1482fe1a95c980e7b9bdc61b9f97c828923516ccae881a36296
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.