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Medal of Honor Recipient

Edward M. Pike

U.S. Army · Civil War

MOH-RC-001014Source-based record

The award

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Army Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1862

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Medal of Honor

July 7, 1862

Cache River, Arkansas, USA

Rank at action
First Sergeant
Service
U.S. Army
Conflict
Civil War
Unit or command
Company A, 33d Illinois Infantry

The Citation

Sources ↓
While the troops were falling back before a superior force, this soldier, assisted by one companion, and while under severe fire at close range, saved a cannon from capture by the enemy.
Separately preserved current-source wording

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

While the troops were falling back before a superior force, this soldier, assisted by one companion, and while under severe fire at close-range, saved a cannon from capture by the enemy.

Sources & record notes

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

  1. Edward M. Pike — 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-001020
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-28
Entered service at
Bloomington, Ill.
Archive transcription SHA-256
5fb489b30dd5f1bb4f211ea27eb1625a1be0c52f476fe5c2896bde6caac3a3d2

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

The current reference profile confirms the identity and award, adds the action rank, replaces a modern River Road geocoder result with Cache River, and preserves the rendered close-range hyphenation beside the inherited close range wording.

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