Medal of Honor
August 19, 1864
Weldon Railroad, Virginia, USA
- Rank at action
- Lieutenant
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- Civil War
- Unit or command
- Company K, 88th Pennsylvania Infantry
The Citation
Sources ↓Gallantly made a most dangerous reconnaissance, discovering the position of the enemy and enabling the division to repulse an attack made in strong force.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- Sylvester Hopkins Martin — 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-000934
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-28
- Later or highest recorded rank
- Captain
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- 218a1099b62542c793d514996d3196c75df804e6e8de31f1723d3359b0cb857b
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
The reference profile expands the inherited middle initial, supplies Captain as the highest later rank, and replaces an unrelated inherited street geocoder value with the historical Weldon Railroad action place. The citation matches exactly.