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Medal of Honor Recipient

David Orbansky

U.S. Army · U.S. Civil War

MOH-RC-003466Source-based record

The award

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Army Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1862

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Medal of Honor

1862–1863

Shiloh, Tennessee, and Vicksburg, Mississippi, USA

Rank at action
Private
Service
U.S. Army
Conflict
U.S. Civil War
Unit or command
Company B, 58th Ohio Infantry

The Citation

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Gallantry in actions.

Sources & record notes

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

  1. David Orbansky — Congressional Medal of Honor Society recipient profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-09-02

    current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison

Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
Award ID
MOH-AW-003483
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-09-02
Entered service at
Columbus, Ohio
Archive transcription SHA-256
33728e196c4dce9b8a4585367170d9f8c6285213ffeefeff809b07d12da14997

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

The reference profile attributes the Medal to actions across 1862–1863; no unsupported exact day is inferred.

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