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Medal of Honor Recipient

George Horace Morgan

U.S. Army · Indian Campaigns

MOH-RC-001302Source-based record

The award

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Army Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1882

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Medal of Honor

July 17, 1882

Big Dry Fork, Arizona, USA

Rank at action
Second Lieutenant
Service
U.S. Army
Conflict
Indian Campaigns
Unit or command
3d U.S. Cavalry

The Citation

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Gallantly held his ground at a critical moment and fired upon the advancing enemy (hostile Indians) until he was disabled by a shot.

Sources & record notes

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

  1. George Horace Morgan — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-28

    current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison

Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
Award ID
MOH-AW-001309
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-28
Later or highest recorded rank
Colonel
Entered service at
Minneapolis, Minn.
Archive transcription SHA-256
c03677db94d8953cb2a40cce0e04f9e80109e4a1746e984f760ed21005bce83c

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

Current reference profile confirms identity and core action metadata; legacy full citation text and source-row provenance are retained; General Order comparison remains pending.