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Medal of Honor Recipient

Francis A. Wilson

U.S. Army · Civil War

MOH-RC-001220Source-based record

The award

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Army Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1865

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Medal of Honor

April 2, 1865

Petersburg, Virginia, USA

Rank at action
Corporal
Service
U.S. Army
Conflict
Civil War
Unit or command
Company B, 95th Pennsylvania Infantry

The Citation

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Was among the first to penetrate the enemy's lines and himself captured a gun of the 2 batteries captured.
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Was among the first to penetrate the enemy's lines and himself captured a gun of the two batteries captured.

Sources & record notes

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  1. Francis A. Wilson — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-28

    current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison

  2. Francis A. Wilson — The United States Army Civil War Medal of Honor recipient roll ↗The United States Army Civil War Medal of Honor recipient roll · Checked 2026-08-28

    Francis A. Wilson identity, corporal rank, Company B, 95th Pennsylvania Infantry, Petersburg action on 2 April 1865, and citation

Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
Award ID
MOH-AW-001226
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-28
Entered service at
Philadelphia, Pa.
Archive transcription SHA-256
80922fd3ba2da61ff2f1b8bca56390ea57e8fbab08f3f1f9a45bee6ca009b0c7

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

The current Society recipient URL resolved through archival reference search metadata but timed out during full-page retrieval in this verification session. The official Army roll independently confirms the same recipient, service, rank, unit, action date, place, and citation. The record is confirmed with both source paths preserved; the temporary fetch limitation is documented and is not treated as candidate-ranking verification by itself.

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