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Medal of Honor Recipient

Fitz W Guerin

U.S. Army · Civil War

MOH-RC-002874Source-based record

The award

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Army Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1863

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Medal of Honor

1863-04-28 through 1863-04-29

Grand Gulf, Mississippi, USA

Rank at action
Private
Service
U.S. Army
Conflict
Civil War
Unit or command
Battery A, 1st Missouri Light Artillery

The Citation

Sources ↓
With two comrades voluntarily took position on board the steamer Cheeseman, in charge of all the guns and ammunition of the battery, and remained in charge of the same for a considerable time while the steamer was unmanageable and subjected to a heavy fire from the enemy.

Sources & record notes

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

  1. Fitz W Guerin — Congressional Medal of Honor Society recipient profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-09-01

    current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison

Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
Award ID
MOH-AW-002888
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-09-01
Entered service at
St. Louis, Mo.
Archive transcription SHA-256
ac7e001ac79ca9fc8a937445a15f80e0582955dfbe9bdba3fcb925f7859b42be

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

Current official reference profile confirms identity and core action metadata; exact legacy citation text and checksum are retained; General Order comparison remains pending.