Medal of Honor
July 9, 1876
Big Horn, Montana, USA
- Rank at action
- Private
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- Indian Campaigns
- Unit or command
- Company E, 7th U.S. Infantry
The Citation
Sources ↓Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- James Bell — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-29
current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison
- James Bell — United States Army ↗United States Army · Checked 2026-08-29
conflicting July 9, 1875 action-date rendering and citation corroboration
- James Bell — Military Times Hall of Valor ↗Military Times Hall of Valor · Checked 2026-08-29
July 9, 1876 action date, Company E, 7th U.S. Infantry, and Big Horn action for James Bell
Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
- Award ID
- MOH-AW-001676
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-29
- Later or highest recorded rank
- Sergeant
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- edb35b6d0c154d9329a464810b2cd72d00c2298f8597f06d74610acd77c081d6
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
The current reference profile and Hall of Valor date the action to July 9, 1876. The inherited record and current Army citation index use July 9, 1875. Canonical metadata follows the independently corroborated 1876 evidence while the Army and legacy 1875 variant remains preserved.