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Medal of Honor Recipient

Gabriel Grant

U.S. Army · U.S. Civil War

MOH-RC-000777Source-based record

The award

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Army Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1862

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Medal of Honor

June 1, 1862

Fair Oaks, Virginia, USA

Rank at action
Surgeon
Service
U.S. Army
Conflict
U.S. Civil War
Unit or command
U.S. Volunteers

The Citation

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Removed severely wounded officers and soldiers from the field while under a heavy fire from the enemy, exposing himself beyond the call of duty, thus furnishing an example of most distinguished gallantry.

Sources & record notes

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

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Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
Award ID
MOH-AW-000783
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-27
Later or highest recorded rank
Major
Entered service at
New York
Archive transcription SHA-256
e85a9e171e470bd94aae17acf7769c43f86f024c5dee355651e1089e6d20ac65

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.