Medal of Honor
June 15, 1864
near Kenesaw Mountain, Georgia, USA
- Rank at action
- Private
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- Civil War
- Unit or command
- Company K, 11th Iowa Infantry
The Citation
Sources ↓With one companion and under a fierce fire from the enemy at short range went to the rescue of a wounded comrade who had fallen between the lines and carried him to a place of safety.
Separately preserved current-source wording
Captured from the linked current recipient source; it is not a new comparison with an original General Order.
With one companion and under a fierce fire from the enemy at short-range went to the rescue of a wounded comrade who had fallen between the lines and carried him to a place of safety.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- William B. Mayes — 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-000940
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-28
- Entered service at
- DeWitt, Clinton County, Iowa
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- b596c7e3dd1b924e008663f14bfa6b524deb41c08335d76b5afdf5708a1edf4a
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
The current reference profile supplies the historical “near Kenesaw Mountain” place and hyphenates “short-range.” The inherited geocoder place and unhyphenated complete citation remain preserved.