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Medal of Honor Recipient

James E Bailey

U.S. Army · Indian Campaigns

MOH-RC-003067Source-based record

The award

Representative medal image: original Army design. Not a portrait or a photograph of this recipient’s own medal.
Army Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1872

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Medal of Honor

1872–1873

Apache campaigns, USA

Rank at action
Sergeant
Service
U.S. Army
Conflict
Indian Campaigns
Unit or command
Company E, 5th U.S. Cavalry

The Citation

Sources ↓
Gallant conduct during campaigns and engagements with Apaches.

Sources & record notes

General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.

  1. James E Bailey — Congressional Medal of Honor Society recipient profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-09-01

    current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison

Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
Award ID
MOH-AW-003082
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-09-01
Archive transcription SHA-256
f55712e81bc007b89c5978440dec29f61f73761650caecd674764c3f5233b07d

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

The current official profile renders the middle initial without punctuation and documents only the 1872–1873 year range; the punctuated legacy form remains an alias.

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