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Medal of Honor Recipient

John W Boutwell

U.S. Army · U.S. Civil War

MOH-RC-000605Source-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
U.S. Civil War
Unit or command
Company B, 18th New Hampshire Infantry

The Citation

Sources ↓
Brought off from the picket line, under heavy fire, a comrade who had been shot through both legs.

Sources & record notes

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

  1. John W Boutwell — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-26

    current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison

Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
Award ID
MOH-AW-000611
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-26
Archive transcription SHA-256
032567cf84676ba3097f292f218676e185a18ce4b37f3f85af8a1bf5f13e549e

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

The current reference profile confirms the identity, Army service, Private rank, unit, date, Petersburg location, and citation.

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