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Medal of Honor Recipient

John Nihill

U.S. Army · Indian Campaigns

MOH-RC-001751Source-based record

The award

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Army Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1872

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Medal of Honor

July 13, 1872

Whetstone Mountains, Arizona Territory, USA

Rank at action
Private
Service
U.S. Army
Conflict
Indian Campaigns
Unit or command
Company F, 5th U.S. Cavalry

The Citation

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Fought and defeated 4 hostile Apaches located between him and his comrades.
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Fought and defeated four hostile Apaches located between him and his comrades.

Sources & record notes

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

  1. John Nihill — 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-001759
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-29
Later or highest recorded rank
Sergeant
Entered service at
Brooklyn, N.Y.
Archive transcription SHA-256
36ca2c72d2f3d110dd6c56514952f2f52d84ebec48e8caa20ebec6aea47b0d8d

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

The current profile renders the inherited numeral “4” as the word “four”; both citation renderings remain preserved. The current profile records later/highest rank Sergeant. The current historical action-place wording replaces only the controlled canonical geocoder field; the complete inherited place remains preserved.

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