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Medal of Honor Recipient

Alfred Ransbottom

U.S. Army · Civil War

MOH-RC-001041Source-based record

The award

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Army Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1864

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Medal of Honor

November 30, 1864

Franklin, Tennessee, USA

Rank at action
First Sergeant
Service
U.S. Army
Conflict
Civil War
Unit or command
Company K, 97th Ohio Infantry

The Citation

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Captured the flag of the 2d Mississippi Infantry (C.S.A.), in a hand_to_hand fight with the color bearer.
Separately preserved current-source wording

Captured from the linked current recipient source; it is not a new comparison with an original General Order.

Captured the flag of the 2d Mississippi Infantry (C.S.A.), in a hand-to-hand fight with the color bearer.

Sources & record notes

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

  1. Alfred Ransbottom — 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-001047
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-28
Archive transcription SHA-256
290b8ae1838cd93e738736a6d154c94348584790b13bf65196fed9d5da21f432

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

The current reference profile confirms the identity and award; legacy citation text, current rendered citation text, provenance, and checksums are preserved in parallel. No General Order verification is claimed.

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