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Medal of Honor Recipient

Edward Lyons Gilligan

U.S. Army · U.S. Civil War

MOH-RC-000767Source-based record

The award

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Army Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1863

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Medal of Honor

July 1, 1863

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, USA

Rank at action
First Sergeant
Service
U.S. Army
Conflict
U.S. Civil War
Unit or command
Company E, 88th Pennsylvania Infantry

The Citation

Sources ↓
Assisted in the capture of a Confederate flag by knocking down the color sergeant.

Sources & record notes

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

  1. Edward Lyons Gilligan — 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-000773
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-27
Later or highest recorded rank
Captain
Entered service at
Philadelphia, Pa.
Archive transcription SHA-256
814448d45b9ab537de279cd969f7e3246a5aacd5360253604db587dfaae73b21

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

Current reference profile expands Edward L. Gilligan to Edward Lyons Gilligan and confirms the core action record; both identity forms remain preserved.

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