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Medal of Honor Recipient

Dennis William Hickey

U.S. Army · U.S. Civil War

MOH-RC-000821Source-based record

The award

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Army Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1864

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Medal of Honor

June 29, 1864

Stony Creek Bridge, Virginia, USA

Rank at action
Sergeant
Service
U.S. Army
Conflict
U.S. Civil War
Unit or command
Company E, 2d New York Cavalry

The Citation

Sources ↓
With a detachment of 3 men, tore up the bridge at Stony Creek being the last man on the bridge and covering the retreat until he was shot down.
Separately preserved current-source wording

Captured from the linked current recipient source; it is not a new comparison with an original General Order.

With a detachment of three men, tore up the bridge at Stony Creek, being the last man on the bridge and covering the retreat until he was shot down.

Sources & record notes

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

  1. Dennis William Hickey — 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-000827
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-27
Archive transcription SHA-256
4ee80d02ae708a042d8e262d96069aca520fed565a19850c6828a704baf3a034

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 the historical Stony Creek Bridge location. The inherited modern road geocoder result remains preserved.

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