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Medal of Honor Recipient

John Cook

U.S. Army · U.S. Civil War

MOH-RC-000674Source-based record

The award

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Army Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1862

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Medal of Honor

September 17, 1862

Antietam, Maryland, USA

Rank at action
Bugler
Service
U.S. Army
Conflict
U.S. Civil War
Unit or command
Battery B, 4th U.S. Artillery

The Citation

Sources ↓
Volunteered at the age of 15 years to act as a cannoneer, and as such volunteer served a gun under a terrific fire of the enemy.

Sources & record notes

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

  1. John Cook — 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-000680
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-27
Entered service at
Cincinnati, Ohio
Archive transcription SHA-256
6478647b290dde8176777ae0ce1b19a0655e8215d87c6be3c89caccf9e06beec

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.

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