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Medal of Honor Recipient

David Eastburn Buckingham

U.S. Army · Civil War

MOH-RC-001381Source-based record

The award

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Army Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1865

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Medal of Honor

February 5, 1865

Rowanty Creek, Virginia, USA

Rank at action
First Lieutenant
Service
U.S. Army
Conflict
Civil War
Unit or command
Company E, 4th Delaware Infantry

The Citation

Sources ↓
Swam the partly frozen creek, under fire, in the attempt to capture a crossing.

Sources & record notes

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

  1. David Eastburn Buckingham — 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-001389
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-28
Later or highest recorded rank
Captain
Archive transcription SHA-256
8a2ca8f093c79a769a65be984bb5b34b52d5418a14a99678b881c905f7327f4e

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.

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