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Medal of Honor Recipient

John Lonergan

U.S. Army · Civil War

MOH-RC-000906Source-based record

The award

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Army Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1863

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Medal of Honor

July 2, 1863

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, USA

Rank at action
Captain
Service
U.S. Army
Conflict
Civil War
Unit or command
Company A, 13th Vermont Infantry

The Citation

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Gallantry in the recapture of 4 guns and the capture of 2 additional guns from the enemy; also the capture of a number of prisoners.
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Gallantry in the recapture of four guns and the capture of two additional guns from the enemy; also the capture of a number of prisoners.

Sources & record notes

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

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

    current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison

Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
Award ID
MOH-AW-000912
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-28
Entered service at
Burlington, Vt.
Archive transcription SHA-256
072535e88bf9308680753a10198957b26d61efa6e16c839068ffa0228effc26e

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

The reference profile spells out “four” and “two”; the inherited citation retains numerals 4 and 2. Both complete renderings remain preserved.