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Medal of Honor Recipient

Elijah William Bacon

U.S. Army · U.S. Civil War

MOH-RC-001363Source-based record

The award

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Army Medal of HonorRecorded presentation: 1864

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Medal of Honor

July 3, 1863

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, USA

Rank at action
Private
Service
U.S. Army
Conflict
U.S. Civil War
Unit or command
Company F, 14th Connecticut Infantry
Presentation date
December 1, 1864

The Citation

Sources ↓
Capture of flag of 16th North Carolina regiment (C.S.A.).
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Captured from the linked current recipient source; it is not a new comparison with an original General Order.

Capture of flag of the 16th North Carolina regiment (C.S.A.).

Sources & record notes

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

  1. Elijah William Bacon — 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-001371
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-28
Entered service at
Berlin, Conn.
Archive transcription SHA-256
153d5bcb665aa18513879accf4132466c9e22375fb1beacd9f6555579c098152

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

Current reference profile confirms identity and core action metadata; legacy full citation text and source-row provenance are retained; General Order comparison remains pending.

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