Medal of Honor Recipient

Hiram Reese Howard

U.S. Army · U.S. Civil War

MOH-RC-000845Source-based record

The award

Army Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1863

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Rank at action: Private
Service: U.S. Army
Conflict: U.S. Civil War
Unit or command: Company H, 11th Ohio Infantry

The Citation

Scaled the enemy's works and in a hand-to-hand fight helped capture the flag of the 18th Alabama Infantry (C.S.A.).

Sources & record notes

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Hiram Reese Howard — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-27
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Transcription, metadata & provenance notes

Award ID: MOH-AW-000851
Transcription status: Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check: 2026-08-27
Entered service at: Ohio
Archive transcription SHA-256: b876380c7b77e166ae3f35c88af5f0f3f6ad58393765911a06805c5bc437ce62

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

The current reference profile expands the middle name and confirms the action record.