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Medal of Honor Recipient

Allan Houston Dougall

U.S. Army · U.S. Civil War

MOH-RC-003415Source-based record

The award

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Army Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1865

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Medal of Honor

March 19, 1865

Bentonville, North Carolina, USA

Rank at action
First Lieutenant & Adjutant
Service
U.S. Army
Conflict
U.S. Civil War
Unit or command
88th Indiana Infantry

The Citation

Sources ↓
In the face of a galling fire from the enemy he voluntarily returned to where the color bearer had fallen wounded and saved the flag of his regiment from capture.

Sources & record notes

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

  1. Allan Houston Dougall — Congressional Medal of Honor Society recipient profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-09-02

    current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison

Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
Award ID
MOH-AW-003432
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-09-02
Entered service at
New Haven, Allen County, Ind.
Archive transcription SHA-256
dcee0018e9f02e18160a0f3142383a69bc4ee32f0fe70c2896bd96aa7f2a0cc9

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

Current official reference profile confirms identity and core action metadata; exact legacy citation text and checksum are retained; General Order comparison remains pending.