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Medal of Honor Recipient

Ignatz Gresser

U.S. Army · U.S. Civil War

MOH-RC-000785Source-based record

The award

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Army Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1862

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Medal of Honor

September 17, 1862

Antietam, Maryland, USA

Rank at action
Corporal
Service
U.S. Army
Conflict
U.S. Civil War
Unit or command
Company D, 128th Pennsylvania Infantry

The Citation

Sources ↓
While exposed to the fire of the enemy, carried from the field a wounded comrade.

Sources & record notes

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  1. Ignatz Gresser — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-27

    current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison

Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
Award ID
MOH-AW-000791
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-27
Entered service at
Lehigh County, Pa.
Archive transcription SHA-256
5ea69e3b4dcaacb483c6e40ebc15f4575f179444cc20dfc892891ee3e2e42fc1

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

Current Society evidence confirms the identity and core action record; historical action wording replaces the inherited geocoder form while all inherited values and citation text remain preserved.

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