Medal of Honor
October 19, 1864
Cedar Creek, Virginia, USA
- Rank at action
- Colonel
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- Civil War
- Unit or command
- 116th New York Infantry
The Citation
Sources ↓Sources & record notes
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- George Maltby Love — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-29
current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison
- George Maltby Love — U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index ↗U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index · Checked 2026-08-29
October 19, 1864 action date, Cedar Creek location, 116th New York Infantry unit, and citation
Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
- Award ID
- MOH-AW-001529
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-29
- Other source date wording
- not_displayed_on_rendered_current_profile
- Later or highest recorded rank
- Brevet Brigadier General, U.S. Volunteers
- Entered service at
- New York
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- 348a5270e9e1f7bfd087cf67c4ad01cefd6e8cfda5e7c622e4c4730f8652a792
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
The current reference profile identifies the recipient as George Maltby Love; the inherited George M. Love rendering remains preserved. The rendered current reference profile did not display a structured action date; the inherited record and official Army index agree on October 19, 1864.