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Medal of Honor Recipient

Henry Clay Wood

U.S. Army · Civil War

MOH-RC-001657Source-based record

The award

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Army Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1861

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Medal of Honor

August 10, 1861

Wilson’s Creek, Missouri, USA

Rank at action
First Lieutenant
Service
U.S. Army
Conflict
Civil War
Unit or command
11th U.S. Infantry

The Citation

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Distinguished gallantry.

Sources & record notes

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  1. Henry Clay Wood — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-29

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Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
Award ID
MOH-AW-001665
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-29
Later or highest recorded rank
Brigadier General
Entered service at
Winthrop, Maine
Archive transcription SHA-256
df924bc4acf6b36f12aa3e83af3291726bea8fccc9e6471139cf64d073cabe73

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

The inherited candidate set used abbreviated and stale profile paths. Controlled archival reference search recovered the current profile for Henry Clay Wood; all inherited candidates remain preserved.

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