TRACKPADS Armored in facts. Driven by stories.

The Trackpads collection

FIND YOUR NEXT DISCOVERY.

Search the people, battles, citations, stories, books and audio behind military history.

Type at least two letters or numbers.Full search & filters

Medal of Honor Recipient

Thomas J. Box

U.S. Army · U.S. Civil War

MOH-RC-001373Source-based record

The award

Representative medal image: original Army design. Not a portrait or a photograph of this recipient’s own medal.
Army Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1864

Portrait not yet available. Representative medal shown.

About this image

Presentation date is not usable for design selection. This is an action-era reference; a later presentation or replacement medal may differ.

Medal imagery and historical designs →

Medal of Honor

May 14, 1864

Resaca, Georgia, USA

Rank at action
Captain
Service
U.S. Army
Conflict
U.S. Civil War
Unit or command
Company D, 27th Indiana Infantry

The Citation

Sources ↓
Capture of flag of the 38th Alabama Infantry (C.S.A.).

Sources & record notes

General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.

  1. Thomas J. Box — 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-001381
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-28
Entered service at
Bedford, Ind.
Archive transcription SHA-256
09e89f1ca3a37a3d0c84692f12a5b1b2a915bf8005fff6e7c571b267e3a381f3

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.

Continue Across Trackpads

FOLLOW THE SUBJECT.