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Medal of Honor Recipient

John Moulder Wilson

U.S. Army · Civil War

MOH-RC-001222Source-based record

The award

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Army Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1862

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Medal of Honor

August 6, 1862

Malvern Hill, Virginia, USA

Rank at action
First Lieutenant
Service
U.S. Army
Conflict
Civil War
Unit or command
U.S. Engineers

The Citation

Sources ↓
Remained on duty, while suffering from an acute illness and very weak, and participated in the action of that date. A few days previous he had been transferred to a staff corps, but preferred to remain until the close of the campaign, taking part in several actions.

Sources & record notes

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

  1. John Moulder Wilson — 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-001228
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-28
Later or highest recorded rank
Brigadier General
Entered service at
Washington Territory
Archive transcription SHA-256
29e1210da7924c7b6a0aaa70b705d66c857bef519b5d9850e9922f0b57e84149

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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