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Medal of Honor Recipient

Anthony Taylor

U.S. Army · Civil War

MOH-RC-001136Source-based record

The award

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Army Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1863

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Medal of Honor

September 20, 1863

Chickamauga, Georgia, USA

Rank at action
First Lieutenant
Service
U.S. Army
Conflict
Civil War
Unit or command
Company A, 15th Pennsylvania Cavalry

The Citation

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Held out to the last with a small force against the advance of superior numbers of the enemy.

Sources & record notes

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

  1. Anthony Taylor — 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-001142
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-28
Later or highest recorded rank
Captain
Entered service at
Philadelphia, Pa.
Archive transcription SHA-256
c0f8203fc9b9ae16357c8b8b28f150b62d9cd8f646c4b7f1cbaaa27e16fde352

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.