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Medal of Honor Recipient

Brent Woods

U.S. Army · Indian Campaigns

MOH-RC-001805Source-based record

The award

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Army Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1881

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Medal of Honor

August 19, 1881

New Mexico, USA

Rank at action
Sergeant
Service
U.S. Army
Conflict
Indian Campaigns
Unit or command
Company B, 9th U.S. Cavalry

The Citation

Sources ↓
Saved the lives of his comrades and citizens of the detachment.

Sources & record notes

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

  1. Brent Woods — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-29

    current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison

Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
Award ID
MOH-AW-001813
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-29
Entered service at
Louisville, Ky.
Archive transcription SHA-256
e5e4acb495c8b8551ac37f1592aae3ed6822a5a55cd30df8283097881d2ba06a

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

Current 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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