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Medal of Honor Recipient

George M. Grueb

U.S. Army · Civil War

MOH-RC-001458Source-based record

The award

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Army Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1864

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Medal of Honor

September 29, 1864

Chapin's Farm, Virginia, USA

Rank at action
Private
Service
U.S. Army
Conflict
Civil War
Unit or command
Company E, 158th New York Infantry

The Citation

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Gallantry in advancing to the ditch of the enemy's works.

Sources & record notes

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

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Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
Award ID
MOH-AW-001466
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-28
Later or highest recorded rank
Corporal
Entered service at
New York, N.Y.
Archive transcription SHA-256
1fbb448d77a12440cf751335dcab2dbe1b67af122f547e31491cdc049053b365

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Controlled archival reference search recovered the current profile outside the generated candidate set. The current reference profile identifies the recipient as George M. Grueb; the inherited George Grueb rendering remains preserved. All inherited candidate URLs and the recovered current URL remain in the controlled resolution audit trail.