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Medal of Honor Recipient

Absalom Baird

U.S. Army · U.S. Civil War

MOH-RC-001364Source-based record

The award

Representative medal image: 1896 Army ribbon pattern. Not a portrait or a photograph of this recipient’s own medal.
Army Medal of HonorRecorded presentation: 1896

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Medal of Honor

September 1, 1864

Jonesboro, Georgia, USA

Rank at action
Brigadier General
Service
U.S. Army
Conflict
U.S. Civil War
Unit or command
U.S. Volunteers
Presentation date
April 22, 1896

The Citation

Sources ↓
Voluntarily led a detached brigade in an assault upon the enemy's works.

Sources & record notes

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

  1. Absalom Baird — 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-001372
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-28
Later or highest recorded rank
Brevet Major General
Entered service at
Washington, Pa.
Archive transcription SHA-256
7b463923a6d44bad72ac5fd8a00d6d1735ac42955677d90eb5be81963fb53b9a

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

Current reference profile confirms identity and core action metadata; legacy full citation text and source-row provenance are retained; General Order comparison remains pending.

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