Medal of Honor
December 11, 1862
Fredericksburg, Virginia, USA
- Rank at action
- Sergeant
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- Civil War
- Unit or command
- Company E, 21st Massachusetts Infantry
The Citation
Sources ↓Seized the colors of his regiment, the color bearer having been shot down, and bore them to the front where both his arms were carried off by a shell.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- Thomas Plunkett — 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-001027
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-28
- Entered service at
- West Boylston, Mass.
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- 6d624f6280c5f30aacb672ab08c178cd3d2b2acd61278a8b3a3dbae03ad468d1
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
The current reference profile confirms the identity and award, adds the action rank, and normalizes the historical action place.