Medal of Honor Recipient

Edward M. Knox

U.S. Army · Civil War

MOH-RC-000892Source-based record

The award

Army Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1863

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Rank at action: Second Lieutenant
Service: U.S. Army
Conflict: Civil War
Unit or command: 15th New York Battery Light Artillery

The Citation

Held his ground with the battery after the other batteries had fallen back until compelled to draw his piece off by hand; he was severely wounded.

Sources & record notes

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Edward M. Knox — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-28
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Edward M. Knox — U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index ↗U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index · Checked 2026-08-28
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Transcription, metadata & provenance notes

Award ID: MOH-AW-000898
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: 233231e9ff24318c8b24bd4933dfd4b13d88a29d487cb1e47ce42c4f137c2a22

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

The fuller current Society unit is canonical. The Army/inherited shorter unit remains parallel official evidence; no identity split is implied.