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Medal of Honor Recipient

Charles Cunningham

U.S. Army · Indian Campaigns

MOH-RC-001258Source-based record

The award

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Army Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1876

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Medal of Honor

June 25, 1876

Little Big Horn River, Montana, USA

Rank at action
Corporal
Service
U.S. Army
Conflict
Indian Campaigns
Unit or command
Company B, 7th U.S. Cavalry

The Citation

Sources ↓
Declined to leave the line when wounded in the neck during heavy fire and fought bravely all next day.

Sources & record notes

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

  1. Charles Cunningham — 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-001265
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-28
Entered service at
New York, N.Y.
Archive transcription SHA-256
bfb533dca884c19c00fb028626e14e951e5a753ec7617a858a3f2eb98b4fd2f0

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.