The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to First Sergeant Alfred Ransbottom, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism on 30 November 1864, while serving with Company K, 97th Ohio Infantry, in action at Franklin, Tennessee. First Sergeant Ransbottom captured the flag of the 2d Mississippi Infantry (Confederate States of America), in a hand-to-hand fight with the Color Bearer.
(Note: This official citation probably mis-identifies the flag captured as the 2d Mississippi Infantry was NOT involved in this action. It is more likely that the flag captured by First Sergeant Ransbottom was the flag of either the 2d or 5th Missouri, C.S.A.)