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Medal of Honor Recipient

John Channing Gresham

U.S. Army · Indian Campaigns

MOH-RC-001272Source-based record

The award

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Army Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1890

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Medal of Honor

December 29, 1890

Wounded Knee Creek, South Dakota, USA

Rank at action
First Lieutenant
Service
U.S. Army
Conflict
Indian Campaigns
Unit or command
7th U.S. Cavalry

The Citation

Sources ↓
Voluntarily led a party into a ravine to dislodge Sioux Indians concealed therein. He was wounded during this action.

Sources & record notes

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

  1. John Channing Gresham — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-28

    current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison

Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
Award ID
MOH-AW-001279
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-28
Later or highest recorded rank
Colonel
Entered service at
Lancaster Courthouse, Va.
Archive transcription SHA-256
b6b069752693782f8530ee8ca8eca57992b29dec4282e20e88506fcdafe66b31

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

Current reference profile confirms identity and core action metadata; legacy full citation text and source-row provenance are retained; General Order comparison remains pending.

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