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Medal of Honor Recipient

Charles Adams Hunter

U.S. Army · U.S. Civil War

MOH-RC-000852Source-based record

The award

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Army Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1865

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Medal of Honor

April 2, 1865

Petersburg, Virginia, USA

Rank at action
Sergeant
Service
U.S. Army
Conflict
U.S. Civil War
Unit or command
Company E, 34th Massachusetts Infantry

The Citation

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In the assault on Fort Gregg, bore the regimental flag bravely and was among the foremost to enter the work.

Sources & record notes

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

  1. Charles Adams Hunter — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-27

    current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison

Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
Award ID
MOH-AW-000858
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-27
Entered service at
Spencer, Mass.
Archive transcription SHA-256
566c6a72c3bf40e362c97ff49102343a5f6bede00a238ba527b4af0ae637cede

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

The current reference profile expands the middle name and supplies historical Petersburg wording.

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