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Medal of Honor Recipient

John E Buffington

U.S. Army · U.S. Civil War

MOH-RC-000625Source-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
Sergeant
Service
U.S. Army
Conflict
U.S. Civil War
Unit or command
Company C, 6th Maryland Infantry

The Citation

Sources ↓
Was the first enlisted man of the 3d Division to mount the parapet of the enemy's line.

Sources & record notes

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

  1. John E Buffington — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-26

    current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison

Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
Award ID
MOH-AW-000631
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-26
Later or highest recorded rank
First Lieutenant
Archive transcription SHA-256
af0aa6a22bb6c6b9238fc4b23a7febaef52fe0077d004610587ba64985cd54e3

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

The current reference profile confirms the action metadata and preserves Sergeant as the action rank and First Lieutenant as the later/highest rank.

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