Medal of Honor
May 17, 1870
Little Blue, Nebraska, USA
- Rank at action
- Private
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- Indian Campaigns
- Unit or command
- Company C, 2d U.S. Cavalry
The Citation
Sources ↓Separately preserved current-source wording
Captured from the linked current recipient source; it is not a new comparison with an original General Order.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- George Washington Thompson — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-29
current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison
- George Washington Thompson — U.S. Army ↗U.S. Army · Checked 2026-08-29
recipient identity, private rank, Company C of the 2d U.S. Cavalry, Little Blue action place, Army-rendered action date of May 15, 1870, and citation text
Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
- Award ID
- MOH-AW-001917
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-29
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- c5b56861e0c456487dcb4c29d8b7fcc529251116bb9c995dbd7155ca2d5a1f8c
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; rendered current reference profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
The current authoritative source expands, corrects, or normalizes the inherited name from George W. Thompson to George Washington Thompson; both renderings remain preserved. The inherited record and current reference profile record May 17, 1870 at Little Blue, Nebraska, while the official U.S. Army Medal of Honor index records May 15, 1870. May 17 remains canonical because it is supported by the inherited row and current reference profile; the Army date remains preserved as a conflicting official-source value. Additional authoritative federal evidence is preserved without replacing either official date. No General Order verification is claimed; the exact-order gate remains pending. The current historical action-place wording replaces only the controlled canonical geocoder field; the complete inherited place remains preserved. The current Society and Army citation text reads “Gallantry in action.” while the inherited citation reads “allantry in action.”; the inherited text and checksum remain preserved, and the corrected current-source text is stored separately without replacement.