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Medal of Honor Recipient

John C. Ewing

U.S. Army · Civil War

MOH-RC-001833Source-based record

The award

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Army Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1865

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Medal of Honor

April 2, 1865

Petersburg, Virginia, USA

Rank at action
Private
Service
U.S. Army
Conflict
Civil War
Unit or command
Company E, 211th Pennsylvania Infantry

The Citation

Sources ↓
Capture of flag.

Sources & record notes

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

  1. John C. Ewing — 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-001841
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-29
Archive transcription SHA-256
478d6803fa871937c62e3aa36206219eb4cd9cbf961dd5367a3f2e3084ebae18

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The exact rendered source heading “John C Ewing” is preserved separately from the canonical display form “John C. Ewing”. The current historical action-place wording replaces only the controlled canonical geocoder field; the complete inherited place remains preserved.

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