Medal of Honor
September 17, 1862
Antietam, Maryland, USA
- Rank at action
- Second Lieutenant
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- U.S. Civil War
- Unit or command
- Company C, 61st New York Infantry
The Citation
Sources ↓A Confederate regiment, the 4th Alabama Infantry (C.S.A.), having planted its battle flag slightly in advance of the regiment, this officer rushed forward and seized it, and, although shot through the neck, retained the flag and brought it within the Union lines.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- Theodore W Greig — 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-000790
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-27
- Later or highest recorded rank
- Major
- Entered service at
- Staten Island, N.Y.
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- 913d8e40b246836a47ea74d53191f63fcda59f647c970be287d98671d69b48f2
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
Current Society evidence confirms the identity and action record and supplies Major as the later/highest rank. The inherited punctuated name form remains preserved.