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Medal of Honor Recipient

Freeman Davis

U.S. Army · U.S. Civil War

MOH-RC-000697Source-based record

The award

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Army Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1863

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Medal of Honor

November 25, 1863

Missionary Ridge, Tennessee, USA

Rank at action
Sergeant
Service
U.S. Army
Conflict
U.S. Civil War
Unit or command
Company B, 80th Ohio Infantry

The Citation

Sources ↓
This soldier, while his regiment was falling back, seeing the 2 color bearers shot down, under a severe fire and at imminent peril recovered both the flags and saved them from capture.

Sources & record notes

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

  1. Freeman Davis — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-27

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Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
Award ID
MOH-AW-000703
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-27
Archive transcription SHA-256
d1e5c17a5f7e404c2616c4ebf408785f89225a51269c0ee2615bed2a551c9be3

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

Current official Society evidence confirms the identity and core action record; historical action wording replaces inherited geocoder text while all inherited values and the complete legacy citation remain preserved.

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