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Medal of Honor Recipient

Frank E. Fesq

U.S. Army · Civil War

MOH-RC-001433Source-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
Private
Service
U.S. Army
Conflict
Civil War
Unit or command
Company A, 40th New Jersey Infantry

The Citation

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Capture of flag of 18th North Carolina (C.S.A.) within the enemy's works.
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Capture of flag of 18th North Carolina (C.S.A.), within the enemy's works.

Sources & record notes

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  1. Frank E. Fesq — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-28

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Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
Award ID
MOH-AW-001441
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-28
Entered service at
Newark, N.J.
Archive transcription SHA-256
6a0a4dbce9fdeb47deda80e6f38e5d186adac9f5d9d4876079dab2f6ab7e55c3

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

Controlled archival reference search recovered the current profile outside the generated candidate set. The current reference profile identifies the recipient as Frank E. Fesq; the inherited Frank Fesq rendering remains preserved. All inherited candidate URLs and the recovered current URL remain in the controlled resolution audit trail.

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