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Medal of Honor Recipient

Abram J Buckles

U.S. Army · U.S. Civil War

MOH-RC-000623Source-based record

The award

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Army Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1864

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Medal of Honor

May 5, 1864

Wilderness Campaign, Virginia, USA

Rank at action
Sergeant
Service
U.S. Army
Conflict
U.S. Civil War
Unit or command
Company E, 19th Indiana Infantry

The Citation

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Though suffering from an open wound, carried the regimental colors until again wounded.
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Captured from the linked current recipient source; it is not a new comparison with an original General Order.

Though suffering from an open wound, Buckles carried the regimental colors until again wounded.

Sources & record notes

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

  1. Abram J Buckles — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-26

    current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison

Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
Award ID
MOH-AW-000629
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-26
Later or highest recorded rank
Second Lieutenant
Entered service at
Muncie, Ind.
Archive transcription SHA-256
f3db1fcced9fa783b1eb22bbb1d5ef3894f4d9e55384b42fc1b96af556458a3e

Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.

The current reference profile records Abraham Jay Buckles as an alias, replaces the modern Wilderness geocoder wording with the historical campaign location, and preserves Sergeant as the action rank and Second Lieutenant as the later/highest rank.

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