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Medal of Honor Recipient

Edwin Goodrich

U.S. Army · Civil War

MOH-RC-002867Source-based record

The award

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Army Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1864

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Medal of Honor

November 1864

Near Cedar Creek, Virginia, USA

Rank at action
First Lieutenant
Service
U.S. Army
Conflict
Civil War
Unit or command
Company D, 9th New York Cavalry

The Citation

Sources ↓
While the command was falling back, he returned, and in the face of the enemy rescued a sergeant from under his fallen horse.

Sources & record notes

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

  1. Edwin Goodrich — Congressional Medal of Honor Society recipient profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-09-01

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Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
Award ID
MOH-AW-002881
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-09-01
Entered service at
Westfield, N.Y.
Archive transcription SHA-256
6fa51f02bfd794e2b97e538716a6a74123525721ffb33db31aaf29b4a3a0a65b

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

The reference profile supplies only November 1864. Month precision is encoded explicitly; no exact day is inferred.

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