Medal of Honor Recipient

Jeremiah Mahoney

U.S. Army · Civil War

MOH-RC-001524Source-based record

The award

Army Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1863

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Rank at action: First Sergeant
Service: U.S. Army
Conflict: Civil War
Unit or command: Company A, 29th Massachusetts Infantry

The Citation

Capture of flag of 17th Mississippi Infantry (C.S.A.).

Sources & record notes

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

Jeremiah Mahoney — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-29
current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison

Transcription, metadata & provenance notes

Award ID: MOH-AW-001532
Transcription status: Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check: 2026-08-29
Entered service at: Fall River, Mass.
Archive transcription SHA-256: b59cdbfb34fb17ef0db6e712751779dff956510b9fc1d0bf7789920f655979f1

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

The current profile gives the action rank as First Sergeant; the inherited Sergeant rendering remains preserved.