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Medal of Honor Recipient

Bernard A. Strausburgh

U.S. Army · Civil War

MOH-RC-001624Source-based record

The award

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Army Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1864

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Medal of Honor

June 17, 1864

Petersburg, Virginia, USA

Rank at action
First Sergeant
Service
U.S. Army
Conflict
Civil War
Unit or command
Company A, 3d Maryland Infantry

The Citation

Sources ↓
Recaptured the colors of 2d Pennsylvania Provisional Artillery.
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Recaptured the colors of 2nd Pennsylvania Provisional Artillery.

Sources & record notes

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

  1. Bernard A. Strausburgh — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-29

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Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
Award ID
MOH-AW-001632
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-29
Entered service at
Warfordsburg, Pa.
Archive transcription SHA-256
3649234cec1eec71db5c68b96a7b3a890ed742124d11edd67df55e4f30cb000d

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

Controlled archival reference search recovered the current profile outside the generated candidate set; every inherited candidate URL remains preserved in the resolution audit trail. The current reference profile identifies the recipient as Bernard A. Strausburgh; the inherited Bernard A. Strausbaugh rendering remains preserved.

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