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Medal of Honor Recipient

John Snyders Kenyon

U.S. Army · U.S. Civil War

MOH-RC-000881Source-based record

The award

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Army Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1862

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Medal of Honor

May 15, 1862

Trenton, North Carolina, USA

Rank at action
Sergeant
Service
U.S. Army
Conflict
U.S. Civil War
Unit or command
Company D, 3d New York Cavalry

The Citation

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Voluntarily left a retiring column, returned in face of the enemy's fire, helped a wounded man upon a horse, and so enable him to escape capture or death.
Separately preserved current-source wording

Captured from the linked current recipient source; it is not a new comparison with an original General Order.

Voluntarily left a retiring column, returned in the face of the enemy's fire, helped a wounded man upon a horse, and so enabled him to escape capture or death.

Sources & record notes

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

  1. John Snyders Kenyon — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-27

    current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison

  2. John Snyders Kenyon — U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index ↗U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index · Checked 2026-08-27

    Army index identity, action metadata, and inherited citation wording variants

Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
Award ID
MOH-AW-000887
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-27
Entered service at
Schenevus, N.Y.
Archive transcription SHA-256
99095237bc60871440cd58752aedd6c579e2f0c594dc1e7092dbe833f21d95f0

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

The current profile expands the middle name. Its citation says “in the face” and “enabled,” while the Army/inherited rendering uses “in face” and “enable”; both complete official variants remain preserved.

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