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Medal of Honor Recipient

John Carroll Delaney

U.S. Army · U.S. Civil War

MOH-RC-000703Source-based record

The award

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Army Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1865

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Medal of Honor

February 6, 1865

Dabney's Mills, Virginia, USA

Rank at action
Sergeant
Service
U.S. Army
Conflict
U.S. Civil War
Unit or command
Company I, 107th Pennsylvania Infantry

The Citation

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Sprang between the lines and brought out a wounded comrade about to be burned in the brush.

Sources & record notes

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  1. John Carroll Delaney — 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-000709
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-27
Later or highest recorded rank
Brevet Captain
Entered service at
Honesdale, Pa.
Archive transcription SHA-256
bedd5da2958a94aa239055f8781d55790a9c38d00f4765a6092fe8b4728161df

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

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