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Medal of Honor Recipient

John Lilley

U.S. Army · Civil War

MOH-RC-000903Source-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
Private
Service
U.S. Army
Conflict
Civil War
Unit or command
Company F, 205th Pennsylvania Infantry

The Citation

Sources ↓
After his regiment began to waiver he rushed on alone to capture the enemy flag. He reached the works and the Confederate color bearer who, at bayonet point, he caused to surrender with several enemy soldiers. He kept his prisoners in tow when they realized he was alone as his regiment in the meantime withdrew further to the rear.
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After his regiment had began to waiver, he rushed on alone to capture the enemy flag. He reached the works and the Confederate color bearer who, at bayonet point, he caused to surrender with several enemy soldiers. He kept his prisoners in tow when they realized he was alone as his regiment in the meantime withdrawn further to the rear.

Sources & record notes

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

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

    current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison

  2. John Lilley — U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index ↗U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index · Checked 2026-08-28

    the inherited/Army full citation rendering with “began,” no first-sentence comma, and “withdrew”

Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
Award ID
MOH-AW-000909
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-28
Archive transcription SHA-256
89199d1c3660b08fee2874c635d81d04e2da38bc156a3e6f07e8d5e12403e357

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

The Society and Army both carry the full same incident but differ grammatically. The inherited Army-supported citation is retained canonically; the complete Society rendering is preserved in the evidence snapshot.

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