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Medal of Honor Recipient

John Keough

U.S. Army · Civil War

MOH-RC-001500Source-based record

The award

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Army Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1865

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Medal of Honor

April 6, 1865

Sailor's Creek, Virginia, USA

Rank at action
Corporal
Service
U.S. Army
Conflict
Civil War
Unit or command
Company E, 67th Pennsylvania Infantry

The Citation

Sources ↓
Capture of battle flag of 50th Georgia Infantry (C.S.A.).

Sources & record notes

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

  1. John Keough — 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-001508
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-29
Entered service at
Albany, N.Y.
Archive transcription SHA-256
66694c99ca95dc38e292373627a18c243e09136088bf07d31425fb192e2fa0a3

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.