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Medal of Honor Recipient

George Edward Gouraud

U.S. Army · U.S. Civil War

MOH-RC-000774Source-based record

The award

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Army Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1864

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Medal of Honor

November 30, 1864

Honey Hill, South Carolina, USA

Rank at action
Captain & Aide-de-Camp
Service
U.S. Army
Conflict
U.S. Civil War
Unit or command
U.S. Volunteers

The Citation

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While under severe fire of the enemy, which drove back the command, rendered valuable assistance in rallying the men.

Sources & record notes

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

  1. George Edward Gouraud — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-27

    current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison

Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
Award ID
MOH-AW-000780
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-27
Later or highest recorded rank
Brevet Lieutenant Colonel U.S. Vols.
Archive transcription SHA-256
7dd767f2d7a68bf5d96c673d25efa8877f5f8ae3cce865a303cc7706d75bf025

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

Current reference profile expands George E. Gouraud to George Edward Gouraud and preserves its action-rank and later-rank wording. The inherited Captain/aide-de-camp form remains in the evidence.

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