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Medal of Honor Recipient

Frederick Alber

U.S. Army · U.S. Civil War

MOH-RC-000558Source-based record

The award

Representative medal image: 1896 Army ribbon pattern. Not a portrait or a photograph of this recipient’s own medal.
Army Medal of HonorRecorded presentation: 1896

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Medal of Honor

May 12, 1864

Spotsylvania, Virginia, USA

Rank at action
Private
Service
U.S. Army
Conflict
U.S. Civil War
Unit or command
Company A, 17th Michigan Infantry
Presentation date
July 30, 1896

The Citation

Sources ↓
Bravely rescued Lt. Charles H. Todd of his regiment who had been captured by a party of Confederates by shooting down one, knocking over another with the butt of his musket, and taking them both prisoners.

Sources & record notes

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

  1. Frederick Alber — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-26

    current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison

Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
Award ID
MOH-AW-000564
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-26
Entered service at
Manchester, Mich.
Archive transcription SHA-256
926f83beca06f68734b8ae969f95f9abc1d849b6c26d07e2f9f6b19e15d99f77

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

The current official profile confirms the identity, unit, action date, and historical Spotsylvania place wording.

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