Medal of Honor
July 30, 1864; September 29, 1864
Petersburg and Fort Harrison, Virginia, USA
- Rank at action
- First Sergeant
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- U.S. Civil War
- Unit or command
- Company B, 139th New York Infantry
The Citation
Sources ↓Voluntarily went between the lines under a heavy fire at Petersburg, Va., to the assistance of a wounded and helpless officer, whom he carried within the Union lines. At Fort Harrison, Va., seized the regimental color, the color bearer and guard having been shot down, and, rushing forward, planted it upon the fort in full view of the entire brigade.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- Walter Jamieson — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-27
current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison
- Walter Jamieson — U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index ↗U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index · Checked 2026-08-27
Army index explicitly establishes the July 30 Petersburg and September 29 Fort Harrison actions under one award
Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
- Award ID
- MOH-AW-000869
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-27
- Other source date wording
- 1864-09-29
- Later or highest recorded rank
- Captain
- Entered service at
- New York, N.Y.
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- 4abcfc6302aafc42494ebe3da261bf47833895cd6afdef32f39da7923496c5d3
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
One Medal of Honor award covers two actions: Petersburg on July 30, 1864 and Fort Harrison on September 29, 1864. Both dates and places remain attached to one canonical award; no duplicate award is created.