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Medal of Honor Recipient

John Kane

U.S. Army · Civil War

MOH-RC-001494Source-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
Corporal
Service
U.S. Army
Conflict
Civil War
Unit or command
Company K, 100th New York Infantry

The Citation

Sources ↓
Gallantry as color bearer in the assault on Fort Gregg.

Sources & record notes

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

  1. John Kane — 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-001502
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-29
Later or highest recorded rank
Sergeant
Archive transcription SHA-256
a9cc1e50c95fdfe98c5ff1a653635e7ad56131cac539b6bbd0a66283672451fd

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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